Method and apparatus for cell initial access and paging in wireless cellular communication system

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure relates to a communication technique of fusing a 5G communication system for supporting higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system with an IoT technology and a system thereof. The system may be used for an intelligent service (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety related service, or the like) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT related technology. The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for inserting an index into a code block as a unit in which a channel code is executed and transmitting the same.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent applicationSer. No. 15/683,687 filed on Aug. 22, 2017, which is based on and claimspriority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 to Korean Patent Application No.10-2016-0106427 filed on Aug. 22, 2016 and Korean Patent Application No.10-2016-0125809 filed on Sep. 29, 2016, the disclosures of which areherein incorporated by reference in their entirety.

BACKGROUND 1. Field

Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a wirelesscommunication system, and more particularly, to a method and apparatusfor inserting an index into a code block as a unit in which a channelcode is performed and transmitting the same.

2. Description of Related Art

To meet a demand for radio data traffic that is on an increasing trendsince commercialization of a 4G communication system, efforts to developan improved 5G communication system or a pre-5G communication systemhave been conducted. For this reason, the 5G communication system or thepre-5G communication system is called a beyond 4G network communicationsystem or a post LTE system.

To achieve a high data transmission rate, the 5G communication system isconsidered to be implemented in a very high frequency (mmWave) band(e.g., like 60 GHz band). To relieve a path loss of a radio wave andincrease a transfer distance of the radio wave in the very highfrequency band, in the 5G communication system, beamforming, massiveMIMO, full dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO), array antenna, analogbeam-forming, and large scale antenna technologies have been discussed.

Further, to improve a network of the system, in the 5G communicationsystem, technologies such as an evolved small cell, an advanced smallcell, a cloud radio access network (cloud RAN), an ultra-dense network,a device to device communication (D2D), a wireless backhaul, a movingnetwork, cooperative communication, coordinated multi-points (CoMP), andreception interference cancellation have been developed.

In addition to this, in the 5G system, hybrid FSK and QAM modulation(FQAM) and sliding window superposition coding (SWSC) that are anadvanced coding modulation (ACM) scheme and a filter bank multi carrier(FBMC), a non orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), and a sparse codemultiple access (SCMA) that are an advanced access technology, and so onhave been developed.

Meanwhile, the Internet is evolved from a human-centered connectionnetwork through which a human being generates and consumes informationto the Internet of Things (IoT) network that transmits/receivesinformation between distributed components such as things and processesthe information. The Internet of Everything (IoE) technology in whichthe big data processing technology, etc., is combined with the IoTtechnology by connection with a cloud server, etc. has also emerged. Toimplement the IoT, technology elements, such as a sensing technology,wired and wireless communication and network infrastructure, a serviceinterface technology, and a security technology, have been used.Recently, technologies such as a sensor network, machine to machine(M2M), and machine type communication (MTC) for connecting betweenthings has been researched. In the IoT environment, an intelligentInternet technology (IT) service that creates a new value in human lifeby collecting and analyzing data generated in the connected things maybe provided. The IoT may be applied to fields, such as a smart home, asmart building, a smart city, a smart car or a connected car, a smartgrid, health care, smart appliances, and an advanced healthcare service,by fusing and combining the existing information technology (IT) withvarious industries.

Therefore, various tries to apply the 5G communication system to the IoTnetwork have been conducted. For example, the 5G communicationtechnologies, such as the sensor network, the machine to machine (M2M),and the machine type communication (MTC), have been implemented bytechniques such as beamforming, MIMO, and the array antenna. Theapplication of the cloud radio access network (cloud RAN) as the bigdata processing technology described above may also be considered as anexample of the fusing of the 5G communication technology with the IoTtechnology.

Meanwhile, recently, there is a need for a method and apparatus forinserting an index into a code block as a unit in which a channel codeis executed and transmitting the same, in accordance with thedevelopment of a next generation mobile communication system.

SUMMARY

To address the above-discussed deficiencies, a primary object of thepresent is directed to a method of inserting a code block (CB) index, amethod of operating a system by applying a CB index to retransmission,and the like. In a wireless communication system, in particular, theexisting LTE system, a data transmission is performed in a transportblock (TB) unit. The TB is divided into a plurality of code blocks (CB),and channel coding is performed in a CB unit. The retransmission afteran initial transmission is performed in a TB unit, and the TBs need tobe retransmitted even when only one CB fails to decode. Therefore, itmay be a case in which the retransmission needs to be made in a CB unit.For the case, there is a need for a method of inserting and operating aCB index notifying a CB of the order of CBs.

Another object of the present disclosure is directed to provision of atransmitting and receiving of a terminal in a mobile communicationsystem. The 5th generation wireless cellular communication system(hereinafter, referred to as 5G communication system) should be able toprovide various services having different transmission/receptiontechniques and transmission/reception parameters in one system in orderto satisfy various requirements and services of users and aims to bedesigned so that services to be added in future in consideration offorward compatibility will not be restricted by the design of theexisting system. As an example of a method for supporting variousservices, the 5G communication system should be able to operate moreefficiently in various frequency bands than the existing communicationsystem. That is, the 5G communication system should be able to operateefficiently even in a frequency band of 70 GHz or more as well as in afrequency band of 1 GHz or less. In the frequency band of 1 GHz of less,the 5G communication system has an advantage of securing a wide coveragebut has a disadvantage in that it is difficult to secure a widefrequency band. On the other hand, in the high frequency band of 70 GHzor more, the 5G communication system is easy to secure a wide frequencyband and therefore is suitable for superhigh speed data transmission,but has a disadvantage of a narrow coverage.

Another object of the present disclosure is directed to provision ofvarious services having different transmission/reception techniques andtransmission/reception parameters in one system in order to satisfyvarious requirements and services of users in the 5th generationwireless cellular communication system (hereinafter, referred to as 5Gcommunication system) and to realize a design so that services to beadded in future in consideration of forward compatibility are notrestricted by the current system. As an example of a method forsupporting various services in the 5G communication system, the presentdisclosure can consider a system for supporting a plurality ofnumerologies or subcarrier spacing in one system.

Meanwhile, in the wireless communication system, a terminal performs thefollowing initial connection step for the purpose of establishing aradio link with a base station. First, synchronization with a cell in anetwork is acquired, and a master information block (MIB) is acquired byphysical broadcast channel (PBCH) decoding. The MIB contains the mostbasic information for connection to the system. Based on theinformation, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and a physicaldownlink shared channel (PDSCH) are decoded to obtain a systeminformation block (SIB). Thereafter, it exchanges identity with the basestation through a random access step and then performs an initialconnection to a network through steps such as registration andauthentication. At this time, since the 5G communication system supportsvarious numerologies, for example, various parameters for the subcarrierspacing, the numerologies for the physical layer channel in which eachinformation is transmitted in the initial connection step may bedifferent from each other. However, since the terminal can not know thesubcarrier spacing used by the system during the initial connectionprocess, the initial connection may not be efficiently performed.

In addition, a terminal in an RRC_IDLE state undergoes a paging processto start data transmission/reception. In order to observe the paginginformation, the terminal wakes up for a little while at a predeterminedtime interval to observe control signaling. For the terminal in theRRC_IDLE state, the network knows a location of the terminal in atracking area (TA) unit, not in a cell unit, in which the TA is definedby grouping several neighboring eNBs. The paging message may betransmitted across a plurality of cells within the TA. The pagingmessage is transmitted through the PDSCH, and scheduling information onthe PDSCH can be acquired from the PDCCH configured as P-RNTI. In thiscase, if various numerologies are used in the 5G communication system,each cell can transmit the paging message through a physical layerchannel set at different subcarrier spacings. In particular, if aninitial connection to a certain cell is performed and then a reselectionto another cell is performed, the corresponding cell does not have anyinformation on the terminal in the RRC_IDLE state, such that anoperation procedure for efficiently transmitting the paging message isused.

Therefore, the present disclosure proposes an effective method andoperation procedure for cell initial connection and paging suitable forthe 5G communication system. The cell initial connection and pagingmethod proposed by the present disclosure can support the efficientservices for various numerologies to more flexibly operate the 5Gcommunication system capable of simultaneously providing differentrequirements.

Objects of the present disclosure are not limited to the above-mentionedobjects. That is, other objects that are not mentioned may be obviouslyunderstood by those skilled in the art to which the present disclosurepertains from the following description.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to theprovision of a method of a terminal comprising: receiving a transportblock including a plurality of code blocks from a base station; andreceiving information indicating a code block which the terminal failsto decode among a plurality of code blocks and a code block whosedecoding fails from the base station.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to theprovision of a terminal comprising: a transceiver transmitting andreceiving a signal; and a controller configured to receive a transportblock including a plurality of code blocks from a base station andreceive information indicating a code block which the terminal fails todecode among a plurality of code blocks and a code block whose decodingfails from the base station.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to theprovision of a method of a base station comprising: transmitting atransport block including a plurality of code blocks to a terminal; andtransmitting information indicating a code block which the terminalfails to decode among a plurality of code blocks and a code block whosedecoding fails to the terminal.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to theprovision of a base station comprising: a transceiver transmitting andreceiving a signal; and a controller configured to transmit a transportblock including a plurality of code blocks to a terminal and receiveinformation indicating a code block which the terminal fails to decodeamong a plurality of code blocks and a code block whose decoding failsto the terminal.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to theprovision of a method of a terminal comprising: identifying a partialsubframe on which a part of symbols included in a subframe overlaps witha measurement gap configured for a terminal and communicating with abase station on the partial subframe.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to theprovision of a terminal comprising: a transceiver transmitting andreceiving a signal; and a controller configured to identify a partialsubframe on which a part of symbols included in a subframe overlaps witha measurement gap configured for a terminal and communicate with a basestation on the partial subframe.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to theprovision of a method of a base station comprising: identifying apartial subframe on which a part of symbols included in a subframeoverlaps with a measurement gap configured for a terminal andcommunicating with a terminal on the partial subframe.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to theprovision of a base station comprising: a transceiver transmitting andreceiving a signal; and a controller configured to identify a partialsubframe on which a part of symbols included in a subframe overlaps witha measurement gap configured for a terminal and communicate with aterminal on the partial subframe.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to theprovision of a method of a terminal, comprising: receiving a controlchannel associated with a transmission of system information from a basestation; receiving a data channel to which the system information istransmitted based on the received control channel; and acquiring thesystem information using numerology associated with the control channelamong a plurality of numerologies that the terminal supports.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to theprovision of a terminal, comprising: a transceiver transmitting andreceiving a signal; and a controller configured to receive a controlchannel associated with a transmission of system information from a basestation, receiving a data channel to which the system information istransmitted based on the received control channel and acquire the systeminformation using numerology associated with the control channel among aplurality of numerologies that the terminal supports.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to theprovision of a method of a base station, comprising: transmitting acontrol channel associated with system information of the base stationto a terminal; and transmitting a data channel to which the systeminformation is transmitted to the terminal, in which the data channel towhich the system information is transmitted may be transmitted usingnumerology associated with the control channel among a plurality ofnumerologies that the base station supports.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to theprovision of a base station in a wireless communication system,comprising: a transceiver transmitting and receiving a signal; and acontroller configured to transmit a control channel associated withsystem information of the base station to a terminal and transmit a datachannel to which the system information is transmitted to the terminal,in which the data channel to which the system information is transmittedmay be transmitted using numerology associated with the control channelamong a plurality of numerologies that the base station supports.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the operationmethod of inserting and transmitting a CB index can be provided to makethe transmission of the base station and the terminal efficient, therebyreducing the unnecessary data transmission. As a result, the methodcapable of saving resources for retransmission using the scheme oftransmitting a part of initial transmission upon retransmission can beprovided.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, thetransmission/reception method of a terminal is defined in a mobilecommunication system, thereby efficiently utilizing the radio resourcesand reducing the transmission delay.

In addition, according to still another embodiment of the presentdisclosure, the efficient cell initial connection and paging method isprovided in the 5G communication system supporting various numerologies,thereby efficiently operating the 5G wireless communication systemsimultaneously supporting various services having differentrequirements.

The effects that may be achieved by the embodiments of the presentdisclosure are not limited to the above-mentioned objects. That is,other effects that are not mentioned may be obviously understood bythose skilled in the art to which the present disclosure pertains fromthe following description.

Before undertaking the DETAILED DESCRIPTION below, it may beadvantageous to set forth definitions of certain words and phrases usedthroughout this patent document: the terms “include” and “comprise,” aswell as derivatives thereof, mean inclusion without limitation; the term“or,” is inclusive, meaning and/or; the phrases “associated with” and“associated therewith,” as well as derivatives thereof, may mean toinclude, be included within, interconnect with, contain, be containedwithin, connect to or with, couple to or with, be communicable with,cooperate with, interleave, juxtapose, be proximate to, be bound to orwith, have, have a property of, or the like; and the term “controller”means any device, system or part thereof that controls at least oneoperation, such a device may be implemented in hardware, firmware orsoftware, or some combination of at least two of the same. It should benoted that the functionality associated with any particular controllermay be centralized or distributed, whether locally or remotely.Definitions for certain words and phrases are provided throughout thispatent document, those of ordinary skill in the art should understandthat in many, if not most instances, such definitions apply to prior, aswell as future uses of such defined words and phrases.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

For a more complete understanding of the present disclosure and itsadvantages, reference is now made to the following description taken inconjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like referencenumerals represent like parts:

FIG. 1A illustrates a diagram of a transport structure of atime-frequency domain of the LTE or LTE-A system;

FIG. 1B illustrates a diagram of a transport structure of an uplinktime-frequency domain of the LTE or LTE-A system;

FIG. 1C illustrates a diagram of a state in which data for eMBB, URLLC,and mMTC are allocated in frequency-time resources in a communicationsystem;

FIG. 1D illustrates a diagram of a state in which the data for eMBB,URLLC, and mMTC are allocated in the frequency-time resources in thecommunication system;

FIG. 1E illustrates a diagram of a structure in which one transportblock according to embodiments of the present disclosure is divided intoseveral code blocks and a CRC is added;

FIG. 1F illustrates a diagram of a structure in which an outer codeaccording to embodiments of the present disclosure is applied and coded;

FIG. 1G illustrates a block diagram depending on whether to apply theouter code according to embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 1H illustrates a diagram of an example of a structure for insertingcode block index information according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 1I illustrates a diagram of an example of the structure forinserting code block index information according to the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 1J illustrates a diagram of an example of the structure forinserting code block index information according to the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 1K illustrates a diagram of a procedure of a base station and aterminal according to embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 1L illustrates a diagram of a procedure of a base station and aterminal according to embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 1M illustrates a diagram of the procedure of the base station andthe terminal according to embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 1N illustrates a diagram of the procedure of the base station andthe terminal according to embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 1O illustrates a diagram of an internal structure of a terminalaccording to embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 1P illustrates a diagram of an internal structure of a base stationaccording to embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 1Q illustrates a diagram of an example of a transport structureaccording to embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 1R illustrates a diagram of the procedure of the base station andthe terminal according to embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2A illustrates a diagram of a basic structure of a time-frequencyresource area that is a radio resource area to which a data or a controlchannel of the existing LTE and LTE-A systems is transmitted;

FIGS. 2B, 2C, and 2D illustrate an example of an extended framestructure;

FIG. 2E illustrates a comparison diagram of frame structure types A, B,and C in a time domain together with an LTE frame structure;

FIG. 2F illustrates a diagram of an example in which the frame structuretypes A, B, and C are multiplexed in one system;

FIG. 2G illustrates a diagram of a measurement gap of the LTE system;

FIG. 2H illustrates a diagram of that a terminal supports a combinationof the LTE and an NR as the frame structure type B, in which the LTEsystem and an NR system illustrate that time synchronization betweensubframes or radio frames mismatches by a specific offset;

FIGS. 2I, 2J, and 2K each illustrate diagrams of A1 and A2 intervals foreach frame structure type of the NR system;

FIG. 2L illustrates a diagram of an operation method of a terminal and abase station according to embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2M illustrates a diagram of a procedure of acquiring, by aterminal, measurement gap control information to perform measurement;

FIG. 2N illustrates a diagram of flexible scheduling timing in the NRsystem;

FIG. 2O illustrates a diagram of flexible HARQ timing in the NR system;

FIGS. 2P and 2Q illustrate a terminal operation according to embodimentsof the present disclosure;

FIG. 2R illustrates a diagram of a terminal procedure in a case in whichthe measurement gap overlaps with uplink data or control informationtransmission time according to the above-mentioned method;

FIG. 2S illustrates a diagram of that a terminal supports a combinationof the LTE and an NR as the frame structure type C, in which the LTEsystem and the NR system illustrate that time synchronization betweensubframes or radio frames mismatches by a specific offset;

FIGS. 2T and 2U illustrate diagrams of a method of measuring, by aterminal, channel status information (CSI) in a partial subframe;

FIG. 2V illustrates a diagram of a procedure of measuring, by aterminal, CSI according to the above-mentioned method;

FIG. 2W illustrates a diagram of a terminal transceiver according toembodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3A illustrates a diagram of an example in which 5G services aremultiplexed and transmitted in one system;

FIG. 3B illustrates a diagram of a basic structure of a time-frequencydomain in the LTE;

FIG. 3C illustrates a diagram of resource elements having differentsubcarrier spacings;

FIG. 3D illustrates a diagram of a downlink physical layer channel usedin a cell initial connection in the LTE;

FIG. 3E illustrates a diagram of a contention-based random accessprocedure in the LTE;

FIG. 3F illustrates a diagram of an uplink physical layer channel for arandom access in the LTE;

FIG. 3G illustrates a diagram of a communication system to according toembodiments of the present disclosure;

FIGS. 3H and 3I illustrate diagrams of a procedure of a base station anda terminal according to embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3J illustrates a diagram of a paging procedure in the LTE;

FIG. 3K illustrates a diagram of a communication system according toembodiments of the present disclosure;

FIGS. 3L and 3M illustrate diagrams of a procedure of a base station anda terminal according to embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIGS. 3N, 30, and 3P illustrate diagrams of a procedure of a basestation and a terminal according to embodiments of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 3Q illustrates a block diagram of a structure of a terminaltransceiver according to embodiments of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 3R illustrates a block diagram of a structure of a base stationtransceiver according to embodiments of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

FIGS. 1A through 3R, discussed below, and the various embodiments usedto describe the principles of the present disclosure in this patentdocument are by way of illustration only and should not be construed inany way to limit the scope of the disclosure. Those skilled in the artwill understand that the principles of the present disclosure may beimplemented in any suitably arranged electronic device.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described indetail with reference to the accompanying drawings. When it is decidedthat a detailed description for the known function or configurationrelated to the present disclosure may obscure the present disclosure,the detailed description therefor will be omitted. Further, thefollowing terminologies are defined in consideration of the functions inthe present disclosure and may be construed in different ways by theintention or practice of users and operators. Therefore, the definitionsthereof should be construed based on the contents throughout thespecification.

Various advantages and features of the present disclosure and methodsaccomplishing the same will become apparent from the following detaileddescription of embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.However, the present disclosure is not limited to the embodimentsdisclosed herein but will be implemented in various forms. Theembodiments have made disclosure of the present disclosure complete andare provided so that those skilled in the art can easily understand thescope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the present disclosure willbe defined by the scope of the appended claims. Like reference numeralsthroughout the description denote like elements.

To meet a demand for radio data traffic that is on an increasing trendsince commercialization of a 4G communication system, efforts to developan improved 5G communication system or a pre-5G communication systemhave been conducted. For this reason, the 5G communication system or thepre-5G communication system is called a beyond 4G network communicationsystem or a post LTE system.

To achieve a high data transmission rate, the 5G communication system isconsidered to be implemented in a very high frequency (mmWave) band(e.g., like 60 GHz band). To relieve a path loss of a radio wave andincrease a transfer distance of the radio wave in the very highfrequency band, in the 5G communication system, beamforming, massiveMIMO, full dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO), array antenna, analogbeam-forming, and large scale antenna technologies have been discussed.

Further, to improve a network of the system, in the 5G communicationsystem, technologies such as an evolved small cell, an advanced smallcell, a cloud radio access network (cloud RAN), an ultra-dense network,a device to device communication (D2D), a wireless backhaul, a movingnetwork, cooperative communication, coordinated multi-points (CoMP), andreception interference cancellation have been developed.

In addition to this, in the 5G system, hybrid FSK and QAM modulation(FQAM) and sliding window superposition coding (SWSC) that are anadvanced coding modulation (ACM) scheme and a filter bank multi carrier(FBMC), a non orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), and a sparse codemultiple access (SCMA) that are an advanced access technology, and so onhave been developed.

Meanwhile, the Internet is evolved from a human-centered connectionnetwork through which a human being generates and consumes informationto the Internet of Things (IoT) network that transmits/receivesinformation between distributed components such as things and processesthe information. The Internet of Everything (IoE) technology in whichthe big data processing technology, etc., is combined with the IoTtechnology by connection with a cloud server, etc., has also emerged. Toimplement the IoT, technology elements, such as a sensing technology,wired and wireless communication and network infrastructure, a serviceinterface technology, and a security technology, have been used.Recently, technologies such as a sensor network, machine to machine(M2M), and machine type communication (MTC) for connecting betweenthings has been researched. In the IoT environment, an intelligentInternet technology (IT) service that creates a new value in human lifeby collecting and analyzing data generated in the connected things maybe provided. The IoT may be applied to fields, such as a smart home, asmart building, a smart city, a smart car or a connected car, a smartgrid, health care, smart appliances, and an advanced healthcare service,by fusing and combining the existing information technology (IT) withvarious industries.

Therefore, various tries to apply the 5G communication system to the IoTnetwork have been conducted. For example, technologies such as thesensor network, the machine to machine (M2M), and the machine typecommunication (MTC), have been implemented by techniques such as thebeamforming, the MIMO, and the array antenna that are the 5Gcommunication technologies. The application of the cloud radio accessnetwork (cloud RAN) as the big data processing technology describedabove may also be considered as an example of the fusing of the 5Gtechnology with the IoT technology.

Meanwhile, a new radio access technology (NR) which is a new 5Gcommunication system is designed to freely multiplex various services intime and frequency resources. Accordingly, waveform/numerology, areference signal and the like may be dynamically or freely allocatedaccording to a need of the corresponding services. In order to providean optimal service to a terminal in wireless communication, it isimportant to transmit optimized data based on a quality of channels anda measurement of an interference amount. As a result, it is essential toaccurately measure a channel status. However, unlike the 4Gcommunication in which channel and interference characteristics are notgreatly changed depending on frequency resources, the 5G channel haschannel and interference characteristics greatly changed depending onservices, and as a result, there is a need to support a subset offrequency resource group (FRG) that can measure the channel andinterference characteristics separately. Meanwhile, in the NR system, akind of supported services may be classified into categories such asenhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), massive machine type communications(mMTC), ultra-reliable and low-latency communications (URLLC) or thelike. The eMBB may be considered as a service aiming at a high speedtransmission of high-capacity data, the mMTC may be considered as aservice aiming at terminal power minimization and an access of multipleterminals, and the URLLC may be considered as a service aiming at highreliability and low latency. Different requirements may be applieddepending on a type of services applied to the terminal

As described above, a plurality of services can be provided to a user inthe communication system, and a method capable of providing each servicewithin the same time interval in accordance with characteristics toprovide a plurality of services to users and an apparatus using the sameare used.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described indetail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In describing the embodiments of the present disclosure, a descriptionof technical contents which are well known to the art to which thepresent disclosure belongs and are not directly connected with thepresent disclosure will be omitted.

For the same reason, some components are exaggerated, omitted, orschematically illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Further, thesize of each component does not exactly reflect its real size. In eachdrawing, the same or corresponding components are denoted by the samereference numerals.

Various advantages and features of the present disclosure and methodsaccomplishing the same will become apparent from the following detaileddescription of embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.However, the present disclosure is not limited to the embodimentsdisclosed herein but will be implemented in various forms. Theembodiments have made disclosure of the present disclosure complete andare provided so that those skilled in the art can easily understand thescope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the present disclosure willbe defined by the scope of the appended claims. Like reference numeralsthroughout the description denote like elements.

In this case, it may be understood that each block of processing flowcharts and combinations of the flow charts may be performed by computerprogram instructions. Since these computer program instructions may bemounted in processors for a general computer, a special computer, orother programmable data processing apparatuses, these instructionsexecuted by the processors for the computer or the other programmabledata processing apparatuses create means performing functions describedin block(s) of the flow charts. Since these computer programinstructions may also be stored in a computer usable or computerreadable memory of a computer or other programmable data processingapparatuses in order to implement the functions in a specific scheme,the computer program instructions stored in the computer usable orcomputer readable memory may also produce manufacturing articlesincluding instruction means performing the functions described inblock(s) of the flow charts. Since the computer program instructions mayalso be mounted on the computer or the other programmable dataprocessing apparatuses, the instructions performing a series ofoperation steps on the computer or the other programmable dataprocessing apparatuses to create processes executed by the computer tothereby execute the computer or the other programmable data processingapparatuses may also provide steps for performing the functionsdescribed in block(s) of the flow charts.

In addition, each block may indicate some of modules, segments, or codesincluding one or more executable instructions for executing a specificlogical function (s). Further, it is to be noted that functionsmentioned in the blocks occur regardless of a sequence in somealternative embodiments. For example, two blocks that are consecutivelyillustrated may be simultaneously performed in fact or be performed in areverse sequence depending on corresponding functions sometimes.

Here, the term ‘-unit’ used in the present embodiment means software orhardware components such as FPGA and ASIC and the ‘˜unit’ performs anyroles. However, the meaning of the ‘˜unit’ is not limited to software orhardware. The ‘˜unit’ may be configured to be in a storage medium thatmay be addressed and may also be configured to reproduce one or moreprocessor. Accordingly, for example, the ‘˜unit’ includes componentssuch as software components, object oriented software components, classcomponents, and task components and processors, functions, attributes,procedures, subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware,microcode, circuit, data, database, data structures, tables, arrays, andvariables. The functions provided in the components and the ‘˜units’ maybe combined with a smaller number of components and the ‘˜units’ or maybe further separated into additional components and ‘˜units’. Inaddition, the components and the ‘˜units’ may also be implemented toreproduce one or more CPUs within a device or a security multimediacard. Further, in some embodiments, ‘˜unit’ may include one or moreprocessors.

A wireless communication system has been developed from a wirelesscommunication system providing a voice centered service in the earlystage toward broadband wireless communication systems providinghigh-speed, high-quality packet data services, such as communicationstandards of high speed packet access (HSPA) and long term evolution(LTE) or evolved universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) of the3GPP, high rate packet data (HRPD) and ultra mobile broadband (UMB) of3GPP2, 802.16e of IEEE or the like. In addition, the 5G or new radio(NR) communication standards are being produced as the 5G wirelesscommunication system.

As a representative example of the broadband wireless communicationsystem, the LTE system has adopted an orthogonal frequency divisionmultiplexing (OFDM) scheme in a downlink (DL) and has adopted a singlecarrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) scheme in an uplink(UL). The uplink refers to a radio link through which a user equipment(UE) or a mobile station (MS) transmits data or a control signal to abase station (eNodeB or base station (BS)) and the down link refers to aradio link through which a base station transmits data or a controlsignal to a terminal. The multiple access scheme as described abovenormally allocates and operates time-frequency resources including dataor control information to be transmitted to each other to prevent thetime-frequency resources from overlapping with each other, that is,establish orthogonality, thereby dividing the data or the controlinformation of each user.

If a decoding failure occurs upon initial transmission, the LTE systemhas adopted a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) scheme ofretransmitting the corresponding data in a physical layer. If a receiverdoes not accurately decode data, the HARQ scheme enables a receiver totransmit information (negative acknowledgement (NACK)) notifying thedecoding failure to a transmitter so that the transmitter can retransmitthe corresponding data in the physical layer. The receiver combines thedata retransmitted by the transmitter with the data that are not decodedpreviously, thereby increasing reception performance of the data.Further, if the receiver accurately decodes the data, information(acknowledgement (ACK)) notifying a decoding success is transmitted tothe transmitter so that the transmitter may transmit new data.

FIG. 1A illustrates a diagram of a basic structure of a time-frequencydomain that is a radio resource region in which data or a controlchannel is transmitted in a downlink, in the LTE system.

In FIG. 1A, a horizontal axis represents a time domain and a verticalaxis represents a frequency domain. A minimum transmission unit in thetime domain is an OFDM symbol, in which one slot 1 a-06 is configured bycollecting N_(symb) OFDM symbols 1 a-02 and one subframe 1 a-05 isconfigured by collecting two slots. A length of the slot is 0.5milliseconds (ms) and a length of the subframe is 1.0 ms. Further, aradio frame 1 a-14 is a time domain unit which includes 10 subframes. Aminimum transmission unit in the frequency domain is a subcarrier, inwhich the whole system transmission bandwidth includes a total of N_(BW)subcarriers 1 a-04.

A basic unit of resources in the time-frequency domain is a resourceelement (RE) 1 a-12 and may be represented by an OFDM symbol index and asubcarrier index. A resource block (RB) (or a physical resource block(PRB)) 1 a-08 is defined by the N_(symb) continued OFDM symbols 1 a-02in the time domain and N_(RB) continued subcarriers 1 a-10 in thefrequency domain. Therefore, one RB 1 a-08 includes N_(symb)×N_(RB) REs1 a-12. Generally, a minimum transmission unit of the data is the RBunit. In the LTE system, generally, N_(symb)=7 and N_(RB)=12, and N_(BW)and N_(RB) are proportional to a bandwidth of the system transmissionband, but other values may be used in systems other than the LTE system.A data rate is increased in proportion to the number of RBs scheduledfor the terminal. The LTE system is operated by defining sixtransmission bandwidths. In an FDD system operated by dividing thedownlink and the uplink based on a frequency, a downlink transmissionbandwidth and an uplink transmission bandwidth may be different fromeach other. A channel bandwidth represents an RF bandwidth correspondingto the system transmission bandwidth. The following Table 1a-01 shows acorrespondence relationship between the system transmission bandwidthand a channel bandwidth that are defined in the LTE system. For example,the LTE system having the channel bandwidth of 10 MHz is configured of atransmission bandwidth including 50 RBs.

TABLE 1a-01 Channel bandwidthBW_(Channel) [MHz] 1.4 3 5 10 15 20Transmission 6 15 25 50 75 100 bandwidth configuration N_(RB)

The downlink control information may be transmitted within first N OFDMsymbols within the subframe. Generally, N={1, 2, 3}. Therefore, the Nvalue may variably apply to each subframe depending on the amount ofcontrol information to be transmitted to the current subframe. Thetransmitted control information may include a control channeltransmission section indicator representing over how many OFDM symbolsthe control information is transmitted, scheduling information ondownlink data or uplink data, information on HARQ ACK/NACK.

In the LTE system, the scheduling information on the downlink data orthe uplink data is transmitted from a base station to a terminal throughdownlink control information (DCI). The DCI is defined depending onvarious formats. Depending on each format, it may be represented whetherthe DCI is scheduling information (uplink (UL) grant) on the uplink dataor scheduling information (downlink (DL) grant) on the downlink data,whether the DCI is compact DCI having small-sized control information,whether to apply spatial multiplexing using a multiple antenna, whetherthe DCI is DCI for a power control, or the like. For example, DCI format1 that is the scheduling control information (DL grant) on the downlinkdata may include at least one of the following control information.

-   -   Resource allocation type 0/1 flag: It is indicated whether a        resource allocation scheme is type 0 or type 1. The type 0        applies a bitmap scheme to allocate a resource in a resource        block group (RBG) unit. In the LTE system, a basic unit of the        scheduling is the resource block (RB) represented by a        time-frequency domain resource and the RBG includes a plurality        of RBs and thus becomes a basic unit of the scheduling in the        type 0 scheme. The type 1 allocates a specific RB within the        RBG.    -   Resource block assignment: The RB allocated to the data        transmission is indicated. The represented resource is        determined depending on the system bandwidth and the resource        allocation scheme.

Modulation and coding scheme (MCS): The modulation scheme used for thedata transmission and a size of a transport block that is data to betransmitted are indicated.

-   -   HARQ process number: An HARQ process number is indicated.    -   New data indicator: An HARQ initial transmission or        retransmission is indicated.    -   Redundancy version: An HARQ redundancy version is indicated.    -   Transmit power control (TPC) command for physical uplink control        channel (PUCCH): A transmit power control command for the PUCCH        that is an uplink control channel is indicated.

The DCI is subjected to a channel coding and modulation process and thenmay be transmitted on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) (orcontrol information, which is interchangeably used below) or an enhancedPDCCH (EPDCCH) (or enhanced control information, which isinterchangeably used below).

Generally, the DCI is independently scrambled with a specific radionetwork temporary identifier (RNTI) (or a terminal identifier) for eachterminal to be added with a cyclic redundant check (CRC), subjected tochannel coding, and then configured of independent PDCCH to betransmitted. In the time domain, the PDCCH is transmitted while beingmapped during the control channel transmission section. A mappinglocation in the frequency domain of the PDCCH may be determined byidentifiers (IDs) of each terminal and transmitted over the entiresystem transmission bandwidth.

The downlink data may be transmitted on a physical downlink sharedchannel (PDSCH) that is a physical channel for downlink datatransmission. The PDSCH may be transmitted after the control channeltransmission section, and the scheduling information on the specificmapping location in the frequency domain, the modulation scheme, or thelike may be determined based on the DCI transmitted through the PDCCH.

By the MCS among the control information configuring the DCI, the basestation notifies the modulation scheme applied to the PDSCH to betransmitted to the terminal and a data size (transport block size (TBS))to be transmitted. The MCS may include 5 bits or bits larger or smallerthan that. The TBS corresponds to a size before channel coding for errorcorrection is applied to data (transport block (TB)) to be transmittedby a base station.

The modulation scheme supported in the LTE system is quadrature phaseshift keying (QPSK), 16 quadrature amplitude modulation (16 QAM), and64QAM, in which each modulation order Qm corresponds to 2, 4, and 6.That is, in the case of the QPSK modulation, 2 bits per symbol may betransmitted, in the case of the 16QAM modulation, 4 bits per symbol maybe transmitted, and in the case of the 64QAM modulation, 6 bits persymbol may be transmitted. Further, the modulation scheme above 256 QAMmay be used depending on the system modification.

FIG. 1B illustrates a diagram of a basic structure of a time-frequencydomain that is a radio resource region in which data or a controlchannel is transmitted in the uplink, the LTE system.

Referring to FIG. 1B, a horizontal axis represents a time domain and avertical axis represents a frequency domain. The minimum transmissionunit in the time domain is an SC-FDMA symbol 1 b-02, and may configureone slot 1 b-06 by collecting N_(symb) UL SC-FDMA symbols. One subframe1 b-05 is configured by collecting two slots. The minimum transmissionunit in the frequency domain is a subcarrier, in which the entire systemtransmission bandwidth 1 b-04 includes a total of N_(BW) subcarriers.The N_(BW) may have a value proportional to the system transmissionbandwidth.

A basic unit of resources in the time-frequency domain is a resourceelement (RE) 1 b-12 and may be defined by an SC-FDMA symbol index and asubcarrier index. A resource block pair (RB pair) 1 b-08 may be definedby N_(symb) UL continued SC-FDMA symbols in the time domain and N_(sc)RB continued subcarriers in the frequency domain. Accordingly, one RBincludes N_(symb) UL×N_(sc) RB REs. In general, the minimum transmissionunit of the data or the control information is the RB unit. The PUCCH ismapped to a frequency domain corresponding to 1 RB and transmitted forone subframe.

In the LTE system, a timing relationship between a PUCCH or a PUSCH isdefined, with the PUCCH or the PUSCH being an uplink physical channel towhich an HARQ ACK/NACK corresponding to a PDSCH as a physical channelfor downlink data transmission or a PDCCH/EPDDCH including asemi-persistent scheduling release (SPS release) is transmitted. Forexample, in an LTE system operated by frequency division duplex (FDD),the HARQ ACK/NACK corresponding to the PDSCH transmitted in an n−4-thsubframe or the PDCCH/EPDCCH including the SPS release is transmitted tothe PUCCH or the PUSCH in an n-th subframe.

In the LTE system, the downlink HARQ has adopted an asynchronous HARQscheme in which data retransmission time is not fixed. That is, if forinitial transmission data transmitted by the base station, the HARQ NACKis fed back from the terminal, the base station freely determinestransmission time of retransmission data based on the schedulingoperation. The terminal performs buffering on data determined as anerror as a result of decoding the received data for an HARQ operationand then performs combining with the next retransmission data.

If the terminal receives the PDSCH including the downlink datatransmitted from the base station in subframe n, the terminal transmitsthe uplink control information including the HARQ ACK or the NACK of thedownlink data to the base station through the PUCCH or PUSCH in subframen+k. At this time, the k is differently defined depending on the FDD ortime division duplex (TDD) of the LTE system and the subframe settingthereof. For example, in the case of the FDD LTE system, the k is fixedas 4. Meanwhile, in the case of the TDD LTE system, the k may be changeddepending on the subframe setting and the subframe number.

In the LTE system, unlike the downlink HARQ, the uplink HARQ has adopteda synchronous HARQ scheme in which the data transmission time is fixed.That is, the uplink/downlink timing relationship between the physicaluplink shared channel (PUSCH) as the physical channel for the uplinkdata transmission and the PDCCH as the downlink control channelpreceding the PUSCH and a physical hybrid indicator channel (PHICH) asthe physical channel to which a downlink HARQ ACK/NACK corresponding tothe PUSCH is transmitted is fixed by the following rule.

If in the subframe n, the terminal receives the PDCCH including theuplink scheduling control information transmitted from the base stationor the PHICH to which the downlink HARQ ACK/NACK are transmitted, theterminal transmits the uplink data corresponding to the controlinformation through the PUSCH in subframe n+k. At this time, the k isdifferently defined depending on the FDD or the time division duplex(TDD) of the LTE system and the setting thereof. For example, in thecase of the FDD LTE system, the k is fixed as 4. Meanwhile, in the caseof the TDD LTE system, the k may be changed depending on the subframesetting and the subframe number. In the FDD LTE system, if the basestation transmits an uplink scheduling grant or a downlink controlsignal and data to the terminal in the subframe n, the terminal receivesthe uplink scheduling grant or the downlink control signal and data inthe subframe n. First, if the uplink scheduling grant is received in thesubframe n, the terminal performs the uplink data transmission insubframe n+4. If the downlink control signal and data are received inthe subframe n, the terminal transmits HARQ ACK or NACK for the downlinkdata in the subframe n+4. Therefore, the terminal receives the uplinkscheduling grant and performs the uplink data transmission or receivesthe downlink data, and the time taken to transmit the HARQ ACK or theNACK becomes 3 ms corresponding to 3 subframes. Further, if the terminalreceives the PHICH transporting the downlink HARQ ACK/NACK from the basestation in subframe i, the PHICH corresponds to the PUSCH that theterminal transmits in subframe i-k. At this time, the k is differentlydefined depending on the FDD or the TDD of the LTE system and thesetting thereof. For example, in the case of the FDD LTE system, the kis fixed as 4. Meanwhile, in the case of the TDD LTE system, the k maybe changed depending on the subframe setting and the subframe number.

FIGS. 1C and 1D illustrate states in which data for eMBB, URLLC, andmMTC, which are services to be considered in a 5G or NR system areallocated in frequency-time resources.

Referring to FIGS. 1C and 1D, a method for allocating frequency and timeresources for information transmission in each system can be seen.

First, FIG. 1C illustrates a state in which the data for the eMBB, theURLLC, and the mMTC are allocated in the entire system frequencybandwidth 1 c-00. If URLLC data 1 c-03, 1 c-05, and 1 c-07 is generatedwhile eMBB 1 c-01 and mMTC 1 c-09 are allocated and transmitted in aspecific frequency band and need to be transmitted, a part where theeMBB 1 c-01 and the mMTC 1 c-09 are previously allocated may be emptiedor the eMBB 1 c-01 and the mMTC 1 c-09 may not be transmitted, and theURLLC data 1 c-03, 1 c-05, and 1 c-07 may be transmitted. Among theabove services, since latency of the URLLC needs to reduce, the URLLCdata 1 c-03, 1 c-05, and 1 c-07 may be transmitted by being allocated toa part of the resource 1 c-01 to which the eMBB is allocated. Of course,if the URLLC is transmitted by being additionally allocated to theresource to which the eMBB is allocated, the eMBB data may not betransmitted in the redundancy frequency-time resources, such that thetransmission performance of the eMBB data may deteriorate. That is, insuch a case, the eMBB data transmission failure may occur due to theURLLC allocation.

In FIG. 1D, the entire system frequency band 1 d-00 may be divided andused to transmit services and data in the respective subbands 1 d-02, 1d-04, 1 d-06. Information related to the subband setting may bedetermined in advance. The information may be transmitted from the basestation to the terminal through higher signaling. Alternatively, theinformation related to the subbands may be arbitrarily divided by thebase station or a network node to transmit services without transmittingseparate subband configuration information to the terminal. FIG. 1Dillustrates a state in which the subband 1 d-02 is used for eMBB datatransmission, the subband 1 d-04 is used for URLLC data transmission,and the subband 1 d-06 is used for mMTC data transmission.

A transmission time interval (TTI) length used for the URLLCtransmission may be shorter than that used for the eMBB or mMTCtransmission. In addition, a response to the information related to theURLLC may be transmitted faster than the eMBB or mMTC, such that theinformation may be transmitted and received with the low latency.

FIG. 1E illustrates a diagram of a process in which one transport blockis divided into a plurality of code blocks and a CRC is added.

Referring to FIG. 1E, a CRC (1 e-03) may be added to the last or firstpart of one transport block or a transport block (TB) 1 e-01 to betransmitted in the uplink or the downlink. The CRC may have 16 bits or24 bits, the predetermined number of bits, or the number of bits varyingdepending on a channel condition or the like, and may be used todetermine whether channel coding succeeds. The blocks 1 e-01 and 1 e-03to which the TB and the CRC are added can be divided (1 e-05) into aplurality of code blocks (CBs) 1 e-07, 1 e-09, 1 e-11, and 1 e-13-05.The maximum size of the code block is set in advance and the code blockmay be divided accordingly. In this case, the last code block 1 e-13 maybe smaller than other code blocks, or the last code block 1 e-13 may beadded with 0, a random value, or 1 so that the length thereof may beadjusted to be equal to the length of other code blocks. CRCs 1 e-17, 1e-19, 1 e-21, and 1 e-23 may be added (1 e-15) to each of the dividedcode blocks. The CRC may have 16 bits or 24 bits or the predeterminednumber of bits, and may be used to determine whether channel codingsucceeds. However, the CRC 1 e-03 added to the TB and the CRCs 1 e-17, 1e-19, 1 e-21, and 1 e-23 added to the code block are omitted dependingon the type of channel codes to be applied to the code block. Forexample, if an LDPC code is applied to the code block instead of a turbocode, the CRCs 1 e-17, 1 e-19, 1 e-21, and 1 e-23 to be inserted intoeach code block may be omitted. However, even when the LDPC is applied,the CRCs 1 e-17, 1 e-19, 1 e-21, and 1 e-23 may be added to the codeblock as they are. In addition, the CRC may be added or omitted evenwhen a polar code is used.

FIG. 1F illustrates a diagram of a manner in which an outer code is usedand transmitted, and FIG. 1G is a block diagram illustrating a structureof a communication system in which the outer code is used.

Referring to FIGS. 1F and 1G, a method of transmitting a signal using anouter code may be reviewed.

Referring to FIG. 1F, one transport block is divided into a plurality ofcode blocks and bits or symbols 1 f-04 at the same position in each codeblock are encoded with a second channel code to generate (1 f-02) paritybits or symbols 1 f-06. Thereafter, the CRCs may be added (1 f-08 and 1f-10) to the respective code blocks and the parity code blocks generatedby the second channel code encoding, respectively. It can vary whetherto add the CRC depending on the type of channel codes. For example, whenthe turbo code is used as a first channel code, the CRCs (1 f-08 and 1f-10) are added. Thereafter, however, the respective code blocks andparity code blocks may be encoded with the first channel code encoding.

In FIG. 1G, if the outer code is used, the data to be transmitted passesthrough a second channel coding encoder 1 g-09. As the channel code usedfor the second channel coding, for example, a Reed-Solomon code, a BCHcode, a Raptor code, a parity bit generation code, or the like may beused. The bits or symbols that have passed through the second channelcoding encoder 1 g-09 pass through a first channel coding encoder 1g-11. The channel code used for the first channel coding may include aconvolutional code, an LDPC code, a turbo code, a polar code or thelike. If the receiver receives the channel-coded symbols through achannel 1 g-13, a first channel coding decoder 1 g-15 and a secondchannel coding decoder 1 g-17 may be sequentially operated based on asignal received by the receiver side. The first channel coding decoder 1g-15 and the second channel coding decoder 1 g-17 may each performoperations corresponding to the first channel coding encoder 1 g-11 andthe second channel coding encoder 1 g-09.

In the channel coding block diagram in which the outer code is not used,the first channel coding encoder 1 g-11 and the first channel codingdecoder 1 g-05 are each used in a transceiver, and the second channelcoding encoder and the second channel coding decoder are not used. Evenwhen the outer code is not used, the first channel coding encoder 1 g-01and the first channel coding decoder 1 g-05 may be configured in thesame way as the case in which the outer code is used.

As will be described below, the eMBB service is referred to as a firsttype service, and the data for eMBB is referred to as first type data.The first type service or the first type data is not limited to theeMBB, but may correspond to even a case in which a high speed datatransmission is used or a broadband transmission is performed. Further,the URLLC service is referred to as a second type service, and the datafor URLLC is referred to as second type data. The second type service orthe second type data are not limited to the URLLC, but may correspond toeven another system in which the low latency is used or the highreliability transmission is used or a case in which the low latency andthe reliability are used simultaneously. Further, the mMTC service isreferred to as a third type service and the data for mMTC is referred toas third type data. The third type service or the third type data arenot limited to the mMTC but may correspond to a case in which low speed,wide coverage, low power or the like are used. In addition, it may alsobe understood that the first type service may or may not include thethird type service.

To transmit the above three services or data, a structure of physicallayer channels used for each type may be different. For example, atleast one of the transmission time interval (TTI) length, the frequencyresource allocation unit, the control channel structure, the method formapping data may be different.

Although three services and three data have been described above, moretypes of services and the corresponding data may exist. Even in thiscase, the content of the present disclosure may be applied.

For describing the method and the apparatus proposed in the presentdisclosure, the terms physical channel and signal in the existing LTE orLTE-A system can be used. However, the content of the present disclosuremay be applied to wireless communication systems other than the LTE andLTE-A systems.

As described above, there are defined transmission and receptionoperations of the terminal and the base station for the transmission ofthe first type service, the second type service, the third type service,or the data and receiving operation of a terminal and a base station fordata transmission, and proposes a detailed method for operatingterminals receiving different types of services or data schedulingwithin the same system together. In the present disclosure, a first typeterminal, a second type terminal, and a third type terminal eachindicate terminals that receive the first type service, the second typeservice, the third type service, or the data scheduling. The first typeterminal, the second type terminal, and the third type terminal may bethe same terminal or may be different terminals.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described indetail with reference to the accompanying drawings. When it is decidedthat a detailed description for the known function or configurationrelated to the present disclosure may obscure the present disclosure,the detailed description therefor will be omitted. Further, thefollowing terminologies are defined in consideration of the functions inthe present disclosure and may be construed in different ways by theintention or practice of users and operators. Therefore, the definitionsthereof should be construed based on the contents throughout thespecification. Hereinafter, a base station is the subject performingresource allocation of a terminal and may be at least one of eNodeB,Node B, a base station (BS), a wireless access unit, a base stationcontroller, and a node on a network. The terminal may include userequipment (UE), a mobile station (MS), a cellular phone, a smart phone,a computer, or a multimedia system performing a communication function.In the present disclosure, a downlink (DL) means a radio transmissionpath of a signal transmitted from a base station to a terminal and anuplink (UL) means a radio transmission path of a signal transmitted fromthe terminal to the base station. Further, as an example of LTE or anLTE-A system, an embodiment of the present disclosure is describedbelow, but the embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied toother communication systems having similar technical background or achannel form. For example, 5G mobile communication technologies (5G, newradio (NR)) developed after the LTE-A could be included. Further,embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to othercommunication systems by partially being changed without greatlydeparting from the scope of the present disclosure under the decision ofthose skilled in the art.

In the present disclosure, the transmission time interval (TTI) may meana unit in which the control signal and the data signal are transmitted,or a unit in which the data signal is transmitted. For example, in theexisting LTE system downlink, the transmission time interval becomes asubframe of a time unit of 1 ms. Meanwhile, in the present disclosure,the transmission time interval in the uplink may mean a unit in whichthe control signal or the data signal is transmitted, or a unit in whichthe data signal is transmitted. The transmission time interval in theexisting LTE system uplink becomes a subframe that is the same time unitof 1 ms as the downlink

Unless specifically stated below, the shortened-TTI terminal describedmay include a terminal capable of transmitting control information ordata or the control information and the data in 1 ms or a transmissiontime interval shorter than 1 ms, and the normal-TTI terminal may includea terminal capable of transmitting the control information or the dataor the control information and the data in a transmission time intervalof 1 ms. Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, the shortened-TTI, ashorter-TTI, a shortened TTI, a shorter TTI, a short TTI, and an sTTIhave the same meaning and thus may be used together with each other. Inaddition, in the present disclosure, the normal-TTI, a normal TTI, asubframe TTI, and a legacy TTI have the same meaning and thus may beused together with each other. In the above, 1 ms, which is a criterionfor distinguishing the shortened-TTI from the normal-TTI, may bedifferent depending on the system. That is, in a specific NR system,based on 0.2 ms, the TTI is the shortened-TTI if the TTI is shorter than0.2 ms, and the TTI having 0.2 ms may be referred to as the normal-TTI.

Meanwhile, one of the important criteria of the performance of thecellular wireless communication system is packet data latency. For thispurpose, the LTE system transmits and receives signals in a subframeunit having the transmission time interval (TTI) of 1 ms. In the LTEsystem operated as described above, a short-TTI UE having a transmissiontime interval shorter than 1 ms may also be supported. Meanwhile, theNR, which is the 5G mobile communication system, may be shorter than 1ms, the transmission time interval may be shorter than 1 ms. Theshort-TTI terminal is expected to be suitable for a voice over LTE(VoLTE) service, a remote control service or the like where the latencyis important. Further, the short-TTI terminal is expected to be a meancapable of realizing the Internet of Things (IoT) which is missioncritical in a cellular infrastructure.

In addition, in the present disclosure, the shortened-TTI data refers todata transmitted in the PDSCH or the PUSCH transmitted/received in ashortened TTI unit, and the normal-TTI data refers to data transmittedin the PDSCH or the PUSCH transmitted/received in a subframe unit. Inthe present disclosure, a control signal for the shortened-TTI refers toa control signal for the shortened-TTI mode operation and is referred toas sPDCCH, and a control signal for the normal-TTI mode refers to acontrol signal for the normal-TTI mode operation. For example, thecontrol signal for the normal-TTI may be PCFICH, PHICH, PDCCH, EPDCCH,PUCCH, etc., in the existing LTE system

In the present disclosure, the terms the physical channel and the signalin the existing LTE or LTE-A system may be used together with the dataor the control signal. For example, the PDSCH is the physical channel towhich the normal-TTI data is transmitted, but in the present disclosure,the PDSCH may be referred to as the normal-TTI data, and the sPDSCH maybe the physical channel to which the shortened-TTI data are transmitted.However, in the present disclosure, the sPDSCH may be referred to as theshortened-TTI data. Similarly, in the present disclosure, theshortened-TTI data transmitted in the downlink and the uplink will bereferred to as the sPDSCH and the sPUSCH.

Hereinafter, in the present disclosure, an uplink scheduling grantsignal and a downlink data signal are referred to as a first signal. Inaddition, in the present disclosure, the uplink data signal for theuplink scheduling grant and the HARQ ACK/NACK for the downlink datasignal are referred to as a second signal. In the present disclosure,among the signals transmitted from the base station to the terminal, asignal expecting a response from terminal may be a first signal, and aresponse signal of the terminal corresponding to the first signal may bea second signal. In addition, in the present disclosure, the servicetype of the first signal may belong to categories of the eMBB, theURLLC, the mMTC, and the like.

Hereinafter, in the present disclosure, a TTI length of the first signalmeans a time length taken to transmit the first signal. In addition, inthe present disclosure, a TTI length of the second signal means a timelength taken to transmit the second signal. In addition, in the presentdisclosure, second signal transmission timing is information on when theterminal transmits the second signal and when the base station receivesthe second signal, which may be referred to as second signaltransmitting/receiving timing.

If there is no mention of the TDD system in the present disclosure, theFDD system will be generally described. However, the method andapparatus of the present disclosure in the FDD system may be applied tothe TDD system according to a simple modification.

Hereinafter, in the present disclosure, the higher signaling is a methodfor transmitting a signal from a base station to a terminal using adownlink data channel of a physical layer or from a terminal to a basestation using an uplink data channel of a physical layer, which may bereferred to as RRC signaling or a MAC control element (CE).

A method of transmitting a code block added at the time of transmittingthe code block will be described with reference to FIGS. 1H, 1I, 1J, 1K,1L, 1M and 1N.

FIG. 1H illustrates a diagram of a state in which one TB is divided intoa plurality of code blocks and then CRC and code block indexes areadded. A CRC (1 h-03) may be added to the last or head part of one TB (1h-01) to be transmitted in the uplink or the downlink. The CRC may have16 bits or 24 bits, the predetermined number of bits, or the number ofbits varying depending on a channel condition or the like, and may beused to determine whether the whole TB is successfully received. Blocks1 h-01 and 1 h-03 to which the TB and the CRC are added can be divided(1 h-05) into a plurality of code blocks 1 h-07, 1 h-09, 1 h-11, and 1h-13. The maximum size of the code block is set in advance and the codeblock may be divided accordingly. In this case, the last code block 1h-13 may be smaller than other code blocks, or the last code block 1h-13 may be added with 0, a random value, or 1 so that the lengththereof may be adjusted to be equal to the length of other code blocks.CRCs 1 h-17, 1 h-19, 1 h-21, and 1 h-23 may be added (1 h-15) to each ofthe divided code blocks. The CRC may have 16 bits or 24 bits or thepredetermined number of bits, and may be used to determine whetherchannel coding succeeds. However, the CRC 1 h-03 added to the TB and theCRCs 1 e-17, 1 h-19, 1 h-21, and 1 h-23 added to the code block areomitted depending on the type of channel codes to be applied to the codeblock. For example, if an LDPC code is applied to the code block insteadof a turbo code, the CRCs 1 h-17, 1 h-19, 1 h-21, and 1 h-23 to beinserted into each code block may be omitted. However, even when theLDPC is applied, the CRCs 1 h-17, 1 h-19, 1 h-21, and 1 h-23 may beadded to the code block as they are. In addition, the CRC may be addedor omitted even when a polar code is used.

Thereafter, the code block indexes 1 h-27, 1 h-29, 1 h-31, and 1 h-33may be inserted into each code block and transmitted. The code blockindex is information indicating how many corresponding code blocks aretransmitted in one TB before the code blocks transmitted in one TB or alocation order (i.e., how many times the corresponding code block islocated in the TB) of the corresponding code block and may include bitshaving a predetermined length. For example, if the code block indexincludes 8 bits, the code block index of 1 h-27 is 00000000, the codeblock index of 1 h-29 is 00000001, and 1 h-31 and 1 h-33 each may be avalue obtained by converting N−1 and N into an 8-digit binary number.The length of the code block index may be determined by at least one ofhigher signaling, a specific value indicated by the DCI, an MCS value,and a TB size (TBS).

After the code block index and the CRC are added to the code block,channel codes such as a turbo code, an LDPC code, and a polar code maybe applied.

FIG. 1I illustrates a diagram of a state where a location of a codeblock index is added behind a code block or before CRCs 1 i-27, 1 i-29,1 i-31, and 1 i-33. Unlike the example proposed in FIG. 1H, the state inwhich the code block index is added just before the CRC may beillustrated.

In FIGS. 1H and 1I, the code block index inserted into the head of thecode block or before the CRC is described. In some embodiments, the codeblock index may be inserted between the code block and the CRC.

FIG. 1J illustrates a diagram of an example in which the CRCcorresponding to the code block index is masked by a XOR operation. Thecode block indexes 1 j-27, 1 j-29, 1 j-31, and 1 j-33 are generated soas to have the same length as the CRC length and then are XOR-operatedwith the corresponding CRCs 1 j-17, 1 j-19, 1 j-21, and 1 j-23 to beadded behind the code block. When the terminal decodes eachchannel-coded code block according to the above method and then checksthe CRC, it can determine whether the channel coding succeeds byperforming the XOR operation on various code block indexes.

The code block index may be masked on the CRC by allocating a code blockindex from 0 or 1 to the code blocks included in one transport block inorder from the front. However, the code block index is determined by aseparate sequence, and the code block index may be assigned according tothe sequence. That is, the code block index like 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, . . .from the first code block can be allocated, but can be determinedaccording to arbitrary sequence like 0, 7, 9, 11, 16, 18, 41, 57, . . .. The arbitrary sequence may be promised between the base station andthe terminal, and may be set according to the type of sequences from thebase station. In addition, it may also be possible to perform masking inthe predetermined number of bits from the front or back of the CRCwithout being masked on the whole CRC.

FIGS. 1K and 1L illustrate flow charts illustrating a procedure of abase station and a terminal for a method for determining whether toinsert a code block index according to higher signaling or a DCIspecific bit and transmitting the code block index. In FIG. 1K, the basestation transmits (1 k-02) to the terminal whether the code block indexis inserted by using higher signaling or bits of a DCI specificlocation. In FIG. 1L, the terminal confirms (1 l-02) the highersignaling or the bits of the DCI specific location and confirms whetherthe code block index is inserted. Thereafter, in FIG. 1K, the basestation inserts a code block index at the time of transmitting data toperform channel coding and transmission (1 k-04). In FIG. 1L, theterminal performs the channel coding and considers the code block indexinserted when confirming data to confirm (1 l-04) the sequence of thecode block or the location of the data.

FIGS. 1M and 1N illustrates diagrams of a procedure of a base stationand a terminal in a method for determining whether a code block index isinserted and transmitting/receiving data. In the present disclosure, amethod for inserting and transmitting a code block may be referred to asA type transmission. The name A type transmission is a term arbitrarilyselected for convenience of explanation, and may be defined or called asany other name. The case in which the A type transmission is performedmay correspond to at least one of the case in which an initialtransmission in which data are transmitted first, the case in which aspecific transmission mode is configured by the higher signaling, thecase in which the TBS has a specific value or more, the case of thefirst type transmission, the second type transmission, or the third typetransmission, and the case in which the transmission is performed at aspecific TTI length.

The initial transmission in which the data are transmitted first is notan initial transmission when the transport blocks are transmitted butmay mean the initial transmission that has not been transmitted from thebase station in an RE unit or a code block unit even if the transportblock is transmitted in previous TTIs. In other words, the initialtransmission in which data are transmitted first may mean transmissionin an RE unit or a code block unit that has not yet been transmittedamong the transport blocks. On the other hand, in the initialtransmission in which the data are transmitted first, the code blockindex is not inserted and the code block index may be inserted when thebase station performs the retransmission on the initial transmissionbefore the terminal transmits the HARQ-ACK information on the initialtransmission. In this case, in the process of performing theretransmission from the base station after a predetermined time afterthe terminal transmits the HARQ-ACK information, the code block index isnot inserted and the data may be transmitted.

In FIG. 1M, the base station prepares (1 m-02) data to be transmittedand determines (1 m-04) whether the transmission is the A typetransmission in order to determine whether to insert a code block. Inthe case of the A type transmission, the code block index information isinserted to perform channel code encoding and is transmitted (1 m-06),and in the case in which the transmission is not the A typetransmission, the code block index information is transmitted (1 m-08)by performing the channel code encoding on the code block without beinginserted. In FIG. 1N, the terminal confirms (1 n-04) whether thetransmission is the A type transmission when preparing to receive data(1 n-02). If it is the A type transmission, it is determined (1 n-08)whether the decoding succeeds by considering the code block index at thetime of the channel code decoding of the code block, and if it is notthe A type transmission, it is determined (1 n-06) whether the decodingsucceeds under the assumption that there is no code block index at thetime of the channel code decoding of the code block. The initialtransmission and the retransmission in the present disclosure mayindicate an initial transmission and a retransmission in the HARQoperation.

Although the present disclosure has been described with reference to anexample in which the A type is transmitted, the case in which the A typetransmission is performed according to various base station and terminalconditions and settings is changed and thus the present disclosure canbe applied.

At least one of the methods proposed in FIGS. 1H, 1I, 1J, 1K, 1L, 1M, INmay be used in combination. Further, the channel code encoding isperformed after the code block index information is inserted and thetransmission is performed but is not limited thereto. Therefore, someembodiments may be modified so that the code block index information isinserted after the channel code encoding. Meanwhile, the base stationtransmits data and the terminal receives data. However, the embodimentsmay not be necessarily limited thereto. Some embodiments can be appliedto the case in which the terminal transmits data and the base stationreceives data in a portion into which the code block index informationis inserted in the uplink data transmission.

A method for decoding, by a receiving end, a TB to feedback whetherreception succeeds and performing a retransmission of a code block whosedecoding fails will be described. That is, a process of performing aretransmission in a code block unit will be described. The receiving endmay be a terminal in a downlink, and may be a base station in an uplink

The code block index information may be the method proposed in FIGS. 1H,1I, and 1J, but the embodiments may not be limited thereto. Therefore,the code block may be the information notifying the location in the TB.For example, the code block index information may be optionallyconfirmed according to a code block order included in one TB. That is,if 10 code blocks are transmitted to one TB when the initialtransmission is performed without including the code block index, evenif the code block index is not explicitly included, the code blockindexes starting from code block 0 or code block 1 located at the frontmay be sequentially assigned in an ascending order.

As described above, in the present disclosure, a method for insertingand transmitting a code block index may be referred to as A typetransmission. The case in which the A type transmission is performed maycorrespond to at least one of the case in which an initial transmissionin which data are transmitted first, the case in which the highersignaling is established to be a specific transmission mode, the case inwhich the TBS has a specific value or more, the case of the first typetransmission, the second type transmission, or the third typetransmission, and the case in which the transmission is performed at aspecific TTI length.

The receiving end may perform the channel code decoding on the codeblocks in the TB and feed back the code blocks whose decoding fails tothe transmitting end. For example, when there are 10 code blocks in onetransmitted TB, a code block whose transmission has succeeded is mappedto 1 and a code block whose transmission fails is mapped to 0, so thatit is possible to transmit whether the channel code decoding of eachcode block succeeds e of each code block with 10-bit information. Inother words, the success or failure of decoding may include the numberof bit maps corresponding to the number of code blocks and fed back tothe transmitting end. In the above example, if the decoding of thesecond and fifth code blocks out of 10 code blocks fails and thedecoding of the remaining code blocks succeeds, decoding the receivingend can feed back a value of 1011011111 to the transmitting end. Thefeedback may be transmitted to the base station in the uplink controlchannel or the data channel.

According to some embodiments, the receiving end can transmit a decodingsuccess or failure to each code block group by establishing a code blockgroup including M code blocks. The number M of code blocks included inthe code block group may be determined by performing the highersignaling from the base station to the terminal or transmitting theinformation of the M value as the DCI or may be automatically determinedaccording to the number of code blocks included in the TBS or the TB orthe system frequency band. For example, the transmitting end and/or thereceiving end may determine the number M of code blocks included in thecode block group according to the TBS value of the scheduled data asillustrated in Table 1a-02 below.

TABLE 1a-02 TBS value M TBS < 61,440 1  61,440 < TBS < 122,880 2 122,880< TBS < 184,320 3 184,320 < TBS < 245,760 4

In the above table, the case in which the TBS value is smaller than245,760 is described, it is not limited thereto.

As another example, the number M of code blocks included in the codeblock group may be determined according to the system frequency band.Let the unit of frequency resource be a resource block. The resourceblock corresponds to 180 kilohertz (kHz) in the LTE system andcorresponds to 12 subcarriers, but can be set differently in the NR or5G system. For example, one resource block may be a frequency bandcorresponding to 375 kHz. The transmitting end and/or the receiving endmay determine the number M value of code blocks included in the codeblock group according to the total number of resource blocks in thesystem frequency band as illustrated in Table 1a-03 below.

TABLE 1a-03 Total number of resource blocks in system frequency band M<=10 1 11-26 2 27-63 3  64-110 4

Meanwhile, in the above example, in confirming the code block index ofthe code block whose decoding fails, in the case of the A typetransmission, the receiving end can confirm the code block indexinformation included in the code block, and in the case in which thetransmission is not the A type transmission, the receiving end canarbitrarily confirm the code block index information according to thecode block order included in one TB. For example, if 10 code blocks aretransmitted to one TB when the initial transmission is performed withoutincluding the code block index, the code block index is not included,but the code block indexes starting from code block 0 or code block 1located at the front may be assigned.

In the transmitting end, if a certain number of code blocks fail to betransmitted after the initial transmission of one TB, the transmissionmay be performed on the failing code block when the retransmission isperformed. The transmitting end can transmit the code block indexinformation when transmitting the code block in the retransmission.Therefore, when receiving data corresponding to the retransmission, thereceiving end may determine that the transmission is the A typetransmission, and confirm the code block index information and thendecode the corresponding code block in combination with the initialtransmission.

According to some embodiments, in the process of retransmitting codeblocks which the transmitting end and the receiving end fail totransmit, the retransmission can be performed in units of code blockgroups. That is, if the number M of code blocks included in the codeblock group is determined as described above, the receiving end feedsback the success or failure of reception to each of the code blockgroups to the transmitting end, and the transmitting end can perform theretransmission in units of code block groups. As compared to the case inwhich the process of performing feedback and retransmission is performedin units of code blocks, the number of bits used for the feedback andthe retransmission can be more saved. That is, the number of bits usedfor feedback per TB can be determined according to the number M of codeblocks included in the code block group. If it is determined that aretransmission of a specific code block group is used according to thefeedback (for example, by transmitting a bitmap) from the receiving end,the corresponding code block group instructed via feedback can beretransmitted to the transmitting end.

Although some embodiments describe a method for feeding back, by areceiving end, whether or not the transmission of the code block failsand a method for retransmitting, by a transmitting end, partial codeblocks (or code block groups), they will not always be used incombination and may be used separately.

The initial transmission and the retransmission in the presentdisclosure may indicate an initial transmission and a retransmission inthe HARQ operation.

A method for retransmitting a part of data initially transmitted at thetime of retransmission after an initial transmission if a base stationperforms a downlink transmission to a terminal will be described.

FIG. 1Q illustrates a process of scheduling, by a base station, eMBBdata 1 q-03 for the terminal a using a control signal 1 q-01,transmitting a part of a resource 1 q-07 to be mapped to the eMBB datato the same terminal a or another data 1 q-07 to a terminal b when theeMBB data 1 q-03 are transmitted, and then retransmitting some 1 q-15 ofthe eMBB data, which have been transmitted to the terminal a, to a nextTTI 1 q-10. The eMBB control signal 1 q-01 transmits the schedulinginformation on the eMBB data 1 q-03 to the terminal a, and the basestation transmits (1 q-07) the URLLC control signal and data to theterminal b by generating the URLLC data during the transmission of theeMBB data 1 q-03. The URLLC control signal and data are transmitted bymapping the URLLC control signal and data 1 q-07 without mapping (orwhile puncturing) a part of the existing scheduled eMBB data 1 q-03 to aresource. Therefore, a part of the eMBB is not transmitted to theterminal a in the existing TTI 1 q-05, and therefore the terminal a mayfail to decode the eMBB data.

To compensate for this, the base station transmits (1 q-13) a part ofthe eMBB data, which is not transmitted in the TTI 1 q-05, in the TTI 1q-10. The partial transmission is performed in the TTI 1 q-10 after theinitial transmission and can be performed without receiving (or beforereceiving) the HARQ-ACK information on the initial transmission from theterminal, and the partial transmission may receive schedulinginformation in a control signal area 1 q-09 of a next TTI. When the eMBBor other data 1 q-17 are transmitted to another terminal in the nextTTI, the information on the symbol position where the resource mappingof the eMBB or other data 1 q-17 starts in the control signal area 1q-09 of the next TTI can be included (1 q-11). The information may betransmitted in some bits of the downlink control information (DCI)transmitted in the control signal area 1 q-09. eMBB or other data 1 q-17performs the partial transmission 1 q-15 for the previous initialtransmission in a specific symbol, using information on the symbolposition where which resource mapping starts. The eMBB control signals 1q-01 and 1 q-09 in FIG. 1Q can be transmitted in a part of the area, notin the entire displayed area. Further, the control signals 1 q-01 and 1q-09 can be transmitted in a part of the frequency bands, not in theentire frequency band.

Although there is described an example in which the base stationretransmits (1 q-15) a part of the eMBB data in the next TTI due to thefact that a part of the eMBB is not transmitted for the transmission ofthe URLLC data 1 q-07, even if it is not because of the URLLC datatransmission, the base station may optionally be used to retransmit apart of specific data. In addition, although the case in which theretransmission is performed from the first symbol after the controlsignal in the TTI (1 q-10) after the initial transmission is described,the location of the retransmission can be variously changed and applied.

Also, the case of the downlink transmission has been described as anexample, but can be easily modified and applied even to the case of theuplink transmission.

Meanwhile, when the retransmission is performed, it may be necessary totransmit to the terminal a where the retransmitted part corresponds tothe information in the initial transmission transmitted to the terminala. For example, information on how many code blocks are to beretransmitted before the retransmitted codes or what how many symbolparts are retransmitted before the retransmitted symbol parts needs tobe transmitted to the terminal a. The information may be transmitted ina manner that a bitmap is used for the control signal 1 q-09transmitting the scheduling information of the partial transmission or astarting or ending part is notified. Alternatively, a code block or asymbol index may be transmitted by being added to a part of the data 1q-15 instead of the control signal 1 q-09, or it is possible to scramblea specific RNTI value to the CRC of the code block. Alternatively, inthe present example, a method of transmitting to the terminal theinformation on where the retransmitted part corresponds to in theinitial transmission transmitted to the terminal a may use a part of theother embodiments described herein.

FIG. 1R illustrates a flow chart in a case in which when the basestation performs the eMBB transmission to the terminal, the initialtransmission is performed in the TTI n and the case in which a part orthe entire retransmission is performed (1 r-04) in TTI+k which is thenext TTI. In the above, k may be set by the base station or fixed to 1.A method for transmitting to a terminal a information on which part ofthe initial transmission transmitted to terminal a in step 1 r-02 thepart where the partial retransmission or the partial initialtransmission is performed in step 1 r-04 corresponds to or transmittingto the terminal a information on what number of code blocks or whatnumber of OFDM symbol may use a part of other embodiments describedherein.

Alternatively, in some bits of the DCI for scheduling transmitted in thecontrol signal of the next TTI, the information on which part of theinitial transmission transmitted to terminal a in step 1 r-02 the partwhere the partial retransmission or the partial initial transmission isperformed in step 1 r-04 corresponds to or the information on whatnumber of code blocks or what number of OFDM symbol may be transmittedto the terminal by the scheme of using the bitmap or transmitting thestarting and ending point or the like. For example, if the eMBB data 1q-03 of the initial transmission includes 10 code blocks and a 1 q-07part is one code block and a seventh code block, a control signal 1 q-09upon the retransmission is notified by a bitmap like 0000001000 or bitinformation notifying a location of a code block starting with 0111included in the DCI is transmitted, and the code blocks corresponding tothe code block transmitted from the control information may beretransmitted in a 1 q-15 part.

In order to perform the above-described embodiments of the presentdisclosure, a transmitter, a receiver, and a processor of the terminaland the base station are each illustrated in FIGS. 10 and 1P,respectively. In order to determine whether to insert the code blockindex information and perform the operation, the transmission/receptionmethod of the base station and the terminal is illustrated, and in orderto perform the operation, the receiver, the processor, and thetransmitter of the base station and the terminal need to be operatedaccording to some embodiments described herein.

FIG. 1O illustrates a block diagram detailing an internal structure ofthe terminal according to embodiments of the present disclosure. Asillustrated in FIG. 1O, the terminal may include a terminal receiver 1o-00, a terminal transmitter 1 o-04, and a terminal processor 1 o-02.The terminal receiver 1 o-00 and the terminal transmitter 1 o-04 maycollectively be referred to as a transceiver. The transceiver maytransmit/receive a signal to/from the base station. The signal mayinclude control information and data. To this end, the transceiver mayinclude an RF transmitter that up-converts and amplifies a frequency ofthe transmitted signal, an RF receiver that low-noise-amplifies thereceived signal and down-converts the frequency, or the like. Further,the transceiver may receive a signal through a radio channel and outputthe received signal to the terminal processor 1 o-02 and transmit thesignal output from the terminal processor 1 o-02 through the radiochannel. The terminal processor 1 o-02 may control a series process tooperate the terminal as described herein. For example, when the terminalreceiver 1 o-00 receives the data signal from the base station, theterminal processor 1 o-02 may perform the decoding according to whetherto insert the code block index information and perform a control tointerpret the code block index information. Thereafter, the terminaltransmitter 1 o-04 transmits/receives a signal according to whether toinsert the code block index information.

FIG. 1P illustrates a block diagram of an internal structure of the basestation according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. Asillustrated in FIG. 1P, the base station of the present disclosure mayinclude a base station receiver 1 p-01, a base station transmitter 1p-05, and a base station processor 1 p-03. The terminal receiver 1 p-01and the terminal transmitter 1 p-05 are collectively referred to as atransceiver. The transceiver may transmit/receive a signal to/from theterminal. The signal may include control information and data. To thisend, the transceiver may include an RF transmitter that up-converts andamplifies a frequency of the transmitted signal, an RF receiver thatlow-noise-amplifies the received signal and down-converts the frequency,or the like. Further, the transceiver may receive a signal through aradio channel and output the received signal to the terminal processor 1p-03 and transmit the signal output from the terminal processor 1 p-03through the radio channel. The base station processor 1 p-03 may controla series process to operate the base station as described herein. Forexample, the base station processor 1 p-03 may determine whether toinsert code block index information and perform a control to generatethe code block index information to be transmitted to the terminal.Thereafter, the base station transmitter 1 p-05 inserts and transmits acode block index, and the base station receiver 1 p-01 confirms the codeblock index or receives the successfully transmitted code block indexfeedback information.

Also, the base station processor 1 p-03 may perform a control togenerate the downlink control information (DCI) or the higher signalingsignal including the code block index information. In this case, the DCIor the higher signaling may indicate whether code block indexinformation is included in the scheduled signal.

The embodiments of the present disclosure disclosed in the presentspecification and the accompanying drawings have been provided asspecific examples in order to assist in understanding the presentdisclosure and do not limit the scope of the present disclosure. Thatis, it is obvious to those skilled in the art to which the presentdisclosure pertains that other change examples based on the technicalidea of the present disclosure may be made without departing from thescope of the present disclosure. Further, embodiments described hereinmay be combined and operated as needed. For example, the base stationand the terminal may be operated by combining the parts of theembodiments of the present disclosure. In addition, although theembodiments are presented on the basis of the LTE system, othermodifications based on the technical idea of the embodiment may beapplicable to other systems such as the 5G or NR system

Hereinafter, the present disclosure will be described in detail withreference to the accompanying drawings. When it is decided that adetailed description for the known function or configuration related tothe present disclosure may obscure the present disclosure, the detaileddescription therefor will be omitted. Further, the followingterminologies are defined in consideration of the functions in thepresent disclosure and may be construed in different ways by theintention or practice of users and operators. Therefore, the definitionsthereof should be construed based on the contents throughout thespecification. Hereinafter, a base station is the subject performingresource allocation of a terminal and may be at least one of eNodeB,Node B, a base station (BS), a wireless access unit, a base stationcontroller, and a node on a network. The terminal may include userequipment (UE), a mobile station (MS), a cellular phone, a smart phone,a computer, or a multimedia system performing a communication function.In the present disclosure, a downlink (DL) means a radio transmissionpath of a signal transmitted from a base station to a terminal and anuplink (UL) means a radio transmission path of a signal transmitted fromthe terminal to the base station. Further, the embodiments of thepresent disclosure may be applied even to other communication systemshaving the technical background or having the channel form similar tothe embodiments of the present disclosure described herein. Further,embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to othercommunication systems by partially being changed without greatlydeparting from the scope of the present disclosure under the decision ofthose skilled in the art.

In order to process explosively increasing mobile data traffic in recentyears, a 5^(th) generation (5G) system or a new radio access technology(NR) which is a next generation telecommunication system since long termevolution (LTE) or evolved universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA)and LTE-advanced (LTE-A) or E-UTRA evolution has been activelydiscussed. The existing mobile communication system focuses onvoice/data communication, while the 5G system aims to meet variousservices, such as an enhanced mobile broad band (eMBB) service forenhancement of the existing voice/data communication, an ultrareliable/ultra low latency communication (URLLC) service, and a machinetype communication (massive MTC) service supporting mass communicationof things, and requirements.

A system transmission bandwidth per single carrier of the existing LTEand LTE-A is limited to a maximum of 20 MHz, while the 5G system aims atproviding super-high speed data services of several Gbps using anultra-wide bandwidth much wider than that. As a result, the 5G systemhas considered as a candidate frequency a very high frequency band fromseveral GHz to 100 GHz, which is relatively easy to secure anultra-wideband frequency. In addition, a method for securing a widebandfrequency for the 5G system is also considered by frequency reallocationor allocation in a frequency band of several hundreds of MHz to severalGHz used in the existing mobile communication system.

A radio wave in the very high frequency band is a wavelength of aboutseveral mm and therefore is sometimes referred to as a millimeter wave(mmWave). However, in the very high frequency band, a pathloss of theradio wave is increased in proportion to the frequency band, such thatthe coverage of the mobile communication system becomes small.

In order to overcome the disadvantage of the reduction in the coverageof the very high frequency band, a beamforming technique forconcentrating radiation energy of a radio wave onto a predetermineddestination by using a plurality of antennas to increase an arrivaldistance of the radio wave is becoming more important. The beamformingtechnique may be applied to a transmitting end and a receiving end,respectively. The beamforming technique also reduces interference inareas other than the beam forming direction in addition to increasingthe coverage. In order for the beam forming technique to operateproperly, a method for accurately measuring and feeding back atransmission/reception beam is used.

As another requirement of the 5G system, there is an ultra-low latencyservice having a transmission delay of about 1 ms between thetransmitting and receiving ends. By one method for reducing atransmission delay, a frame structure design based on short transmissiontime interval (TTI) compared to the LTE and the LTE-A is possible. TheTTI is a basic unit for performing scheduling, and the TTI of theexisting LTE and LTE-A systems is 1 ms corresponding to a length of onesubframe. For example, the short TTI (for example, slot) to meet therequirements for the ultra-low latency service of the 5G system may be0.5 ms, 0.2 ms, 0.1 ms, or the like that are shorter than the LTE andLTE-A systems. In the following description, unless otherwise stated,one TTI (or slot) and subframe are a basic unit of the scheduling and isinterchangeably used with each other as a meaning representing apredetermined time interval.

Hereinafter, the frame structure of the LTE and LTE-A systems will bedescribed with reference to the drawings, and the design direction ofthe 5G system will be described.

FIG. 2A illustrates a diagram of a basic structure of a time-frequencyresource area that is a radio resource area to which a data or a controlchannel of the existing LTE and LTE-A systems is transmitted.

In FIG. 2A, a horizontal axis represents a time domain and a verticalaxis represents a frequency domain. An uplink (UL) means a radio linkthrough which a terminal transmits a data or a control signal to a basestation and a downlink (DL) means a radio link through which the basestation transmits the data or the control signal to the terminal. Aminimum transmission unit in the time domain of the existing LTE andLTE-A systems is an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)symbol in the case of the downlink and a single carrier-frequencydivision multiplexing access (SC-FDMA) symbol in the case of the uplink,in which one slot 2 a-06 is configured by collecting N_(symb) symbols 2a-02 and one subframe 2 a-05 is configured by collecting two slots. Alength of the slot is 0.5 ms and a length of the subframe is 1.0 ms.Further, a radio frame 2 a-14 is a time domain unit which includes 10subframes. A minimum transmission unit in the frequency domain is asubcarrier in a unit of 15 kHz (subcarrier spacing is equal to 15 kHz),and the overall system transmission bandwidth includes a total of N_(BW)subcarriers 2 a-04.

A basic unit of the resource in the time-frequency domain is a resourceelement (RE) 2 a-12 and may be represented by an OFDM symbol index or anSC-FDMA symbol index and a subcarrier index. A resource block (RB) (or aphysical resource block (PRB)) 2 a-08 is defined by the N_(symb)continued OFDM symbols 2 a-02 or the SC-FDMA symbols in the time domainand N_(RB) continued subcarriers 2 a-10 in the frequency domain.Therefore, one RB 2 a-08 includes N_(symb)×N_(RB) REs 2 a-12. In the LTEand LTE-A systems, a data is mapped in an RB unit, and the base stationperforms scheduling on a predetermined terminal in a RB-pair unitconfiguring one subframe. The number of SC-FDMA symbols or the numberN_(symb) of OFDM symbols is determined depending on a cyclic prefix (CP)length added to each symbol to prevent inter-symbol interference. Forexample, if a normal CP is applied, N_(symb)=7 and if a scalable CP isapplied, N_(symb)=6. The scalable CP is applied to a system having aradio wave transmission distance relatively longer than the normal CP,thereby maintaining inter-symbol orthogonality.

The subcarrier spacing, the CP length, or the like are essentialinformation on OFDM transmission and reception and need to be recognizedas a common value by the base station and the terminal to smoothlytransmit and receive a signal.

Further the N_(BW) and N_(RB) are also proportional to the systemtransmission bandwidth. A data rate is increased in proportion to thenumber of RBs scheduled in the terminal.

The frame structure of the LTE and LTE-A systems as described above isdesigned considering normal voice/data communications, and haslimitations in scalability to meet various services and requirementslike the 5G system. Therefore, in 5G system, it is necessary to flexiblydefine and operate frame structure considering various services andrequirements.

FIGS. 2B to 2D illustrate an example of an extended frame structure. Inthe example of FIGS. 2B to 2D illustrate the case where the essentialparameter sets defining the scalable frame structure include thesubcarrier spacing, the CP length, the subframe length, and the like.

In the early stage of the introduction of the 5G system, coexistencewith the existing LTE/LTE-A systems or a dual mode operation is at leastanticipated. By this, the existing LTE and LTE-A systems may serve toprovide the stable system operation and the 5G system may serve toprovide enhanced services. Therefore, the scalable frame structure ofthe 5G system at least needs to include the frame structure of the LTEand LTE-A or the essential parameter set. FIG. 2B illustrates a diagramof the 5G frame structure like the frame structure of the LTE and LTE-Aor the essential parameter sets. Referring to FIG. 2B, in a framestructure type A, subcarrier spacing is 15 kHz, a subframe of 1 msincludes 14 symbols, and a PRB includes 12 subcarriers (=180 kHz=12×15kHz).

Referring to FIG. 2C, in a frame structure type B, the subcarrierspacing is 30 kHz, a subframe of 0.5 ms includes 14 symbols, and a PRBincludes 12 subcarriers (=360 kHz=12×30 kHz). That is, it may be seenthat the subcarrier spacing and the PRB size are twice as large as thoseof the frame structure type A, and the subframe length and symbol lengthare twice as short as those of the frame structure type A.

Referring to FIG. 2D, in a frame structure type C, subcarrier spacing is60 kHz, a subframe of 0.25 ms includes 14 symbols, and a PRB includes 12subcarriers (=720 kHz=12×60 kHz). That is, it may be seen that thesubcarrier spacing and the PRB size are four times as large as those ofthe frame structure type A, and the subframe length and symbol lengthare four times as short as those of the frame structure type A.

That is, if the frame structure type is generalized, the subcarrierspacing, the CP length, and the subframe length that are the essentialparameter sets have an integer multiple relationship with each other foreach type, such that high scalability may be provided. FIG. 2E is acomparison diagram of frame structure types A, B, and C in a time domaintogether with an LTE frame structure.

The above-mentioned frame structure type may be applied corresponding tovarious scenarios. From the viewpoint of the cell size, it is possibleto support a cell having a larger size as the CP length is increased,such that the frame structure type A may support cells relatively largerthan the frame structure types B and C. From the viewpoint of theoperating frequency band, as the subcarrier spacing is increased, it ismore advantageous in restoring the phase noise in the high frequencyband, such that the frame structure type C may support a relativelyhigher operating frequency than the frame structure types A and B. Fromthe viewpoint of the services, to support the ultra-low delay servicelike the URLLC, it is advantageous to make the subframe length shorter,and therefore the frame structure type C is relatively more suitable forthe URLLC service over the frame structure types A and B.

In addition, a scenario for multiplexing the frame structure types inone system and integrally operating them may be considered. FIG. 2Fillustrates an example in which the frame structure types A, B, and Care multiplexed in one system (FIGS. 2F-01, 2F-02, and 2F-03). That is,by maintaining an integer multiple relationship between the essentialparameter sets defining the frame structure type, resource mapping in asubframe or in the PRB is smoothly performed even in the case of themultiplexing as illustrated in FIG. 2F.

In order to support the mobility of the terminal, the terminal needs toperiodically measure the radio link quality for neighboring cells aswell as cells (hereinafter referred to as serving cell) currentlyconnected and transmitting/receiving signals. The terminal reports themeasured radio link quality to the base station, and the base stationdetermines whether to hand over the terminal to another cell with betterradio link quality, referring to the radio link quality report of theterminal. The radio link quality measurement can be classified intointra-frequency measurement, inter-frequency measurement, andinter-radio access technology (RAT) measurement according to ameasurement target.

1) The intra-frequency measurement method corresponds to the case wherethe frequency of the serving cell of the terminal and the frequency ofthe cell in which the radio link quality is to be measured are the same.

2) The intra-frequency measurement method corresponds to the case wherethe frequency of the serving cell of the terminal and the frequency ofthe cell in which the radio link quality is to be measured are differentfrom each other.

3) The intra-RAT measurement method corresponds to the case where theradio access technology (RAT) of the serving cell of the terminal andthe RAT of the cell in which the radio link quality is to be measuredare different from each other. The RAT is a radio access technology andrefers to communication schemes such as 4G and 5G.

In the case of the intra-frequency measurement, the terminal does notneed an RF tuning operation of the additional terminal to measure theradio link quality of the cell to be measured. On the other hand, in thecase of the inter-frequency measurement or the inter-RAT measurement, anoperation of changing (RF tuning) the RF frequency of the terminal tothe frequency of a cell to be measured or an operation of changing theRAT to a RAT of a cell to be measured is needed.

The measurement gap is a time interval used for the terminal to measurethe radio link quality by changing the frequency or the RAT upon theinter-frequency measurement and the inter-RAT measurement. During themeasurement gap, the terminal stops the uplink transmission operationand does not receive the downlink signal from the serving cell. That is,due to the measurement gap, a service interruption occurs between theterminal and the serving cell. FIG. 2G illustrates the measurement gapof the LTE system. FIG. 2G illustrates the length of the measurement gapindicates 6 subframes (=6 ms) from subframe (i+1) to subframe (i+6).Therefore, the service interruption time of the terminal continues fromthe subframe (i+1) to the subframe (i+6).

In the case of a terminal capable of transmitting and receiving one RFor one RAT signal at an arbitrary instant, inter-frequency/inter-RATmeasurement is performed by changing RF or RAT during the measurementgap time interval. In addition, a measurement gap is used forinterference control even if the terminal can simultaneously transmitand receive multiple RFs or multiple RAT signals at any moment. Forexample, if there is no measurement gap, the reliability of the radiolink quality measurement may be degraded because the uplink signaltransmitted from the terminal to the serving cell at any moment andsignals of neighboring cells to be measured by the terminal areinterfered with each other. The influence of the interference may varyaccording to the interval between the serving cell frequency and thefrequency of the cell to be measured, and the RF implementation methodof the terminal.

As described above, in the initial stage of the introduction of the 5Gsystem in the future, the terminal expects the coexistence of the LTE-NRor the operation of LTE-NR dual mode through LTE-NR aggregation of atleast existing LTE/LTE-A with the NR. By this, the existing LTE andLTE-A systems may serve to provide the stable system operation and the5G system may serve to provide enhanced services. The present disclosureproposes a method for setting and applying a measurement gap forsupporting mobility to LTE or NR systems for the terminal supportingLTE-NR aggregation. Basically, it is assumed that the LTE system and theNR system are independent of each other, and time synchronizationbetween subframes or radio frames between the two systems or radioframes between the two systems does not match. A system whose timesynchronization does not match is called an asynchronous system.

Referring to FIG. 2H, the terminal supports the aggregation of LTE 2h-01 and NR 2 h-02 as the frame structure type B, and the LTE system andthe NR system indicate that the time synchronization between subframesor radio frames does not match by “offset A” 2 h-03. Further, the basestation sets a measurement gap 2 h-04 corresponding to LTE based 6subframes in the terminal to indicate corresponding to LTE subframe i+1to LTE subframe i+6. However, due to the above-mentioned “offset A”, themeasurement gap occurs in a state in which subframe boundaries do notcoincide with the NR subframe. That is, the NR subframe affected by themeasurement gap is from NR subframe (j+2) to NR subframe (j+14). Amongthose, a Δ1 interval 2 h-06 which is a part of the NR subframe (j+2) anda Δ2 interval 2 h-07 which is a part of the NR subframe (j+14) do notsubstantially overlap the measurement gap time period, but areinevitably included in the interruption time (=measurement gap+Δ1+Δ2) 2h-05 in terms of the NR system, resulting in inefficiency of radioresource utilization

In order to solve the inefficiency of the radio resource utilization asdescribed above, there may be a method for performing signaltransmission/reception of a terminal by using Δ1 and Δ2 intervals when apart of the subframe overlaps with the measurement gap. FIGS. 2I, 2J,and 2K each are diagrams illustrating Δ1 and Δ2 intervals for each framestructure type of the NR system.

In FIG. 2I, the terminal supports the aggregation of LTE 2 i-01 and NR 2i-02 as the frame structure type B, and the LTE system and the NR systemindicate that the time synchronization between subframes or radio framesdoes not match by “offset A” 2 i-03. Further, the base station sets ameasurement gap 2 i-04 corresponding to LTE based 6 subframes in theterminal to indicate corresponding to LTE subframe i+1 to LTE subframei+6. Then, in terms of the NR subframe, the overlapping with themeasurement gap from a part of an interval of the NR subframe (j+1) to apart of an interval of the NR subframe (j+7) is shown. At this time, theterminal may perform the transmission/reception operation to/from the NRsystem without the interruption in a Δ1 interval 2 i-06 which is a partof the NR subframe (j+1) and a Δ2 interval 2 i-07 which is a part of theNR subframe (j+7). Therefore, in terms of the NR system, interruptiontime 2 i-05=measurement gap 2 i-04.

FIG. 2J illustrates that the terminal supports the aggregation of LTE 2j-01 and NR 2 j-02 as the frame structure type B, and the LTE system andthe NR system indicate that the time synchronization between subframesor radio frames does not match by “offset A” 2 j-03. Further, the basestation sets a measurement gap 2 j-04 corresponding to LTE based 6subframes in the terminal to indicate corresponding to LTE subframe i+1to LTE subframe i+6. Then, in terms of the NR subframe, the overlappingwith the measurement gap from a part of an interval of the NR subframe(j+2) to a part of an interval of the NR subframe (j+4) is shown. Atthis time, the terminal may perform the transmission/reception operationto/from the NR system without the interruption in a Δ1 interval 2 j-06which is a part of the NR subframe (j+2) and a Δ2 interval 2 j-07 whichis a part of the NR subframe (j+14). Therefore, in terms of the NRsystem, interruption time 2 j-05=measurement gap 2 j-04.

FIG. 2K illustrates that the terminal supports the aggregation of LTE 2k-01 and NR 2 k-02 as the frame structure type C, and the LTE system andthe NR system indicate that the time synchronization between subframesor radio frames does not match by “offset A” 2 k-03. Further, the basestation sets a measurement gap 2 k-04 corresponding to LTE based 6subframes in the terminal to indicate corresponding to LTE subframe i+1to LTE subframe i+6. Then, in terms of the NR subframe, the overlappingwith the measurement gap from a part of an interval of the NR subframe(j+4) to a part of an interval of the NR subframe (j+28) is shown. Atthis time, the terminal may perform the transmission/reception operationto/from the NR system without the interruption in a Δ1 interval 2 k-06which is a part of the NR subframe (j+4) and a Δ2 interval 2 k-07 whichis a part of the NR subframe (j+28). Therefore, in terms of the NRsystem, interruption time 2 k-05=measurement gap 2 k-04.

For the sake of convenience of explanation, an interval of a subframewith which a starting part of the measurement gap partially overlaps iscalled a partial subframe 1, and a part of a subframe with which anending part of the measurement gap partially overlaps with is called apartial subframe 2. Such a partial subframe may be defined as a subframeincluding 1 to N−1 symbols when the number of maximum symbolsconfiguring one normal subframe is N (N is a positive integer). That is,the partial subframe may mean a subframe (or a subframe in which Nsymbols configuring a normal subframe cannot be used) in which at leastone symbol overlaps with the measurement gap in one normal subframe.

The terminal receives (or transmits the uplink signal) the downlinksignal in a Δ1 interval of the partial subframe 1 and transmits (orreceives the downlink signal) the uplink signal in a Δ2 interval of thepartial subframe 2, thereby minimizing waste of radio resources.

Whether the terminal transmits and receives a signal in the partialsubframe is determined according to whether or not the followingcondition is satisfied when the “offset A” is compared with the symbolor subframe length of the NR system. As described above, the symbollength and the subframe length of the NR system is changed depending onthe frame structure type of the NR system

-   -   Condition 1: 0≤“offset A”≤0.5 symbol    -   Condition 2: 0.5 symbol <“offset A”≤0.5 subframe

If the condition 1 is satisfied, the terminal determines that the LTEsystem and the NR system are time synchronized, and does not perform thetransmission/reception operation in the partial subframe (hereinafter,which is referred to as a synchronous mode). If the condition 1 is notsatisfied and the condition 2 is satisfied, the terminal determines thatthe LTE system and the NR system are not time-synchronized, andtransmits/receives a signal in the partial subframe (hereinafter, whichis referred to as a synchronous mode). As the modification of theconditions 1 and 2, the base station can set a predetermined thresholdvalue 1 instead of 0.5 symbols in the condition 1 and notify theterminal of it through signaling, and can set a predetermined thresholdvalue 2 instead of 0.5 subframes and notify the terminal of throughsignaling.

The “offset A” may be determined by the terminal or may be determined inthe base station installation step, and the base station may notify theterminal of it through signaling. If the terminal measures the “offsetA”, the terminal reports the measurement result to the base station andrecognizes the same operation between the base station and the terminal.

As another method, the operation in the partial subframe may bedetermined according to UE capability and the base station setting.Since the asynchronous mode requires the terminal addition operationrather than the synchronous mode, the synchronous mode can be defined asthe basic operation of the terminal, and the UE capability supportingthe asynchronous mode can be additionally defined. Hereinafter,referring to FIG. 2L, the terminal reports the UE capability to the basestation in step 2 l-01. The UE capability includes information onwhether the terminal supports the asynchronous mode. In step 2 l-02, theterminal acquires configuration information on whether to operate in asynchronous mode or an asynchronous mode from the base station throughbase station signaling. In step 2 l-03, the terminal compares theconfiguration information acquired in step 2 l-02 with the UEcapability, and determines the operation in the partial subframeaccording to the following determination method

-   -   Determination method 1: (UE capability=not support asynchronous        mode or support only synchronous mode) & (base station        setting=asynchronous mode)->determine terminal as synchronous        mode and report base station setting error to base station    -   Determination method 2: (UE capability=not support asynchronous        mode or support only synchronous mode) & (base station        setting=synchronous mode)->determine terminal as synchronous        mode    -   Determination method 3: (UE capability=support asynchronous        mode) & (base station setting=synchronous mode)->determine        terminal as synchronous mode    -   Determination method 4: (UE capability=support asynchronous        mode) & (base station setting=asynchronous mode)->determine        terminal as asynchronous mode

Additionally, in step 2 l-01, the terminal may report the information onwhether the terminal needs the measurement gap, which is included in theUE capability information, to the base station. If the terminal does notneed a measurement gap, the procedures of steps 2 l-02 and 2 l-03 may beomitted, and the terminal may perform radio link quality measurement ofneighboring cells without the measurement gap.

Next, a method of setting, by a base station, a measurement gap in aterminal will be described. The length L of the measurement gap includesthe processing time for cell identification from the signal receivedduring the measurement gap interval, and the processing time forchanging the RF or RAT of the terminal. In order for the terminal toperiodically measure the radio link quality of the neighboring cell, themeasurement gap is repeated every predetermined period P with respect tothe reference system. The measurement gap starts at a point spaced by“measurement offset” within the period of the measurement gap. The“measurement offset” is set to be different values for each UE, therebypreventing the phenomenon that the terminals in the systemsimultaneously concentrate the radio link quality measurement at alimited time. The reference system may be the LTE system or the NRsystem.

The length of the measurement gap, the period, the “measurement offset”information, and the information on the reference system are defined orused, or the base station sets control information related to some orall of the measurement gaps and informs the terminal of it throughsignaling.

After the terminal acquires the measurement gap related controlinformation from the base station, the terminal attempts radio linkquality measurement for neighboring cells in a radio frame and asubframe satisfying the following condition A.

Condition A:

SFN mod T=FLOOR(“measurement offset”/N);

Subframe=“measurement offset” mod N;

T=P/10

In the above condition A, the SFN is a counter in units of radio framesof the reference system, FLOOR (x) is the largest integer not largerthan x, x mod y is the remainder obtained by dividing x by y, and Nrepresents the number of subframes configuring one radio frame of thereference system.

For example, when the measurement gap related control information thatthe terminal acquires from the base station is P=40 ms, “measurementoffset”=25 subframes, and SFN=2 and N=10 of the reference system, if theabove condition A is calculated,

T=40/10=4; SFN mod T=2 mod 4=2 FLOOR(25/10)=2; Subframe=25 mod 10=5;

the above condition A is satisfied. That is, the terminal starts ameasurement gap of length L at SFN=2 and subframe=5 of the referencesystem and repeats it at a period of 40 ms.

FIG. 2M illustrates a diagram illustrating a procedure of acquiring, bya terminal, measurement gap control information to perform measurement.In step 2 m-01, the terminal acquires the measurement gap controlinformation from the base station. In step 2 m-02, the terminaldetermines whether the measurement gap control information acquired fromthe base station satisfies the condition A, and if it is determined thatthe measurement gap control information satisfies the condition A, theterminal performs the radio link quality measurement on neighbor cellsin step 2 m-03. If it is determined that the condition A is notsatisfied, the terminal proceeds to step 2 m-02 again at the next timepoint (next radio frame or next subframe)

Although the operation in the asynchronous mode or the synchronous modein the partial subframe has been described with respect to themeasurement gap of the terminal, it is possible to generalize and applythe technique before and after the predetermined radio resource area inwhich the transmission or reception of the terminal is restricted, likethe measurement gap. For example, the predetermined radio resourceregion may be defined in advance and allocated by the base station sothat the terminal supporting an ultra low latency service in a cell cantransmit/receive signals for a time shorter than a subframe length.

A method of transmitting and receiving data that is flexible in an NRsystem will be described. In the existing LTE/LTE-A system, the fixedvalue of the time interval (hereinafter, referred to as schedulingtiming) between the transmission time of the base station controlinformation for scheduling the uplink data transmission of the terminaland the transmission time of the uplink data is equally applied to theterminals. Similarly, in the LTE/LTE-A system, the fixed value of thetime interval (hereinafter referred to as HARQ timing) between thedownlink data transmission time of the base station and the transmissiontime of the HARQ-ACK control information on the downlink data is equallyapplied to the terminals.

However, in the NR system, the scheduling timing and the HARQ timing maybe flexibly adjusted to support the terminal requiring the low latencyservice and efficiently use radio resources. A timing indicator k isdefined for the flexible timing adjustment, and the scheduling timingand the HARQ timing are each determined as follows.

-   -   Scheduling timing:

Uplink data transmission time=j+TMIN1+k

-   -   HARQ timing:

Uplink HARQ-ACK control information transmission time=j+TMIN2+k

In the scheduling timing, j denotes a subframe in which the base stationtransmits the control information for scheduling the uplink datatransmission of the terminal. The TMIN1 is the minimum time for theterminal to process and acquire the scheduling control informationreceived from the base station.

J in the HARQ timing indicates a subframe in which downlink data of abase station is transmitted. The TMIN2 is the minimum time for theterminal to process and acquire data received from the base station.

The base station may notify the terminal of the timing indicator kincluded in scheduling control information through dynamic signaling orsemi-statically notify the terminal of the timing indicator k throughthe higher layer signaling.

FIG. 2N illustrates flexible scheduling timing in the NR system. FIG. 2Nillustrates a case where TMIN1=4 2 n-01 and the base station transmits(2 n-02) scheduling information in subframe j. The terminal applies thetiming indicator k that the base station notifies through the signalingto transmit the uplink data in a subframe j+4 (=j+4+0) if k=0, andtransmits the uplink data in a subframe+5 (=j+4+1) if k=1. FIG. 2Nillustrates that although the timing indicator k is defined as 0 or 1, kmay be defined as various values according to the system design.

FIG. 2O illustrates flexible HARQ timing in the NR system. FIG. 2Oillustrates a case where TMIN2=4 2 o-01 and the base station transmits(2 o-02) downlink data in subframe j. The terminal applies the timingindicator k that the base station notifies through the signaling totransmit uplink HARQ-ACK in a subframe j+4 (=j+4+0) if k=0, andtransmits HARQ-ACK control information in a subframe+5 (=j+4+1) if k=1.FIG. 2O illustrates that although the timing indicator k is defined as 0or 1, k may be defined as various values according to the system design.

In addition, an operation may be defined of a case in which the timewhen the terminal attempts to transmit the uplink data or the HARQ-ACKcontrol information according to the scheduling timing and the HARQtiming overlaps with the measurement gap interval. Hereinafter, theoperation of the terminal will be described with reference to FIGS. 2Pand 2Q.

FIG. 2P illustrates an example in which the uplink data transmissiontime calculated according to the scheduling timing overlaps with the (2p-04) measurement gap interval (2 p-06) if the base station transmits (2p-02) the scheduling information in the subframe j. In this case, theterminal adjusts the uplink data transmission time so as not to overlapwith the measurement gap interval according to the following method andtransmits it (2 p-05).

-   -   Method A: Transmission immediately after the end of the        measurement gap interval (transmission in subframe j+m in the        example of FIG. 2P)    -   Method B: Transmission at the time when the timing indicator k        is additionally applied at the time when the measurement gap        interval ends (in the example of FIG. 2P, if k=0, transmission        in the subframe j+m and transmission in the subframe j+1)

The method A can minimize the uplink transmission delay of the terminaland the method B can perform the additional timing adjustment. If theTDD system is used, the terminal performs a transmission in an uplinksubframe first arriving after the time calculated according to themethods A and B described above.

FIG. 2Q illustrates an example in which the uplink data transmissiontime calculated according to the scheduling timing overlaps with the (2q-04) measurement gap interval (2 q-06) if the base station transmits (2q-02) the downlink data in the subframe j. In this case, as in the caseof FIG. 2P, according to the method A or B, the terminal adjusts theuplink HARQ-ACK control information transmission time so as not tooverlap with the measurement gap interval 2 q-05 and transmits it.

FIG. 2R illustrates a diagram of a terminal procedure in a case in whichthe measurement gap overlaps with uplink data or control informationtransmission time according to the above-mentioned method. In step 2r-01, the terminal receives the scheduling information or the downlinkdata from the base station. In step 2 r-02, the terminal determines thetransmission time of the uplink data or the uplink HARQ-ACK controlinformation according to the scheduling timing or the HARQ timing. Instep 2 r-03, the terminal determines whether the determined transmissiontime overlaps with the measurement gap interval. If it is determinedthat the determined transmission time does not overlap with themeasurement gap interval, the terminal maintains the transmission timedetermined in step 2 r-04 as it is and transmits uplink data or uplinkHARQ-ACK control information to the base station in step 2 r-06. If theuplink transmission time determined in step 2 r-02 overlaps with themeasurement gap interval, the terminal transmits the transmission timeof the uplink data or the uplink HARQ-ACK control information accordingto the method A or B in step 2 r-05 and transmits it to the base stationin step 2 r-06.

The transmission/reception timing of the terminal can be defined bycombining the scheduling timing with the partial subframe of someembodiments. Hereinafter, it will be described with reference to FIG.2S. Like the case of FIG. 2K, FIG. 2S illustrates that the terminalsupports the aggregation of LTE 2 s-01 and NR 2 s-02 as the framestructure type C, and the LTE system and the NR system indicate that thetime synchronization between subframes or radio frames does not match by“offset A” 2 k-03. Further, the base station sets a measurement gap 2s-04 corresponding to LTE based 6 subframes in the terminal to indicatecorresponding to LTE subframe i+1 to LTE subframe i+6. Then, in terms ofthe NR subframe, the overlapping with the measurement gap from a part ofan interval of the NR subframe (j+4) to a part of an interval of the NRsubframe (j+28) is shown. That is, it is illustrated that NR subframe(j+4) is applied to partial subframe 1 and NR subframe (j+28) is appliedto partial subframe 2. As described with reference to FIG. 2K, theterminal can perform a transmission/reception operation withoutinterruption with the NR system in an interval that does not overlap themeasurement gap of the partial subframes 1 and 2

In the condition, FIG. 2S illustrates the case in which the terminaltransmits (2 s-05) 4 subframes in the subframe j according to the basestation scheduling and the base station transmits the retransmissionscheduling control information on the uplink data to the terminal in asubframe j+4 as the minimum processing time to receive and process theuplink data of the terminal is 4 subframes. Since the subframe j+4 ispartial subframe 1 and the terminal can receive the downlink signal, thebase station transmits the retransmission scheduling control informationto the terminal in the subframe j+4 as calculated first.

Thereafter, the terminal stops transmission/reception operation to/fromthe NR cell during the measurement gap interval, and then performs theuplink data transmission according to the retransmission scheduling ofthe base station at the time when the measurement gap ends. In theexample of FIG. 2S, the terminal transmits uplink data in partialsubframe 2 (2 s-08). Therefore, the HARQ round trip time (RTT) betweenthe initial uplink data transmission time (2 s-05) and theretransmission uplink data transmission time of the terminal correspondsto 28 subframes (2 s-10).

If the terminal does not support the transmission/reception operation inthe partial subframe, the terminal can not receive the retransmissionscheduling control information transmitted by the base station insubframe j+4, and receive the retransmission scheduling controlinformation in subframe j+29 which is the time when the downlink signalmay be fastest received from the base station after the measurement gap.If it is assumed that the retransmission scheduling control informationprocessing time of the terminal is 4 subframes, the terminal cantransmit the retransmission scheduled uplink data in subframe j+33.Therefore, the HARQ RTT is increased to 33 subframes, and therefore thetransmission delay occurs.

Meanwhile, in FIG. 2S, the timing indicator k may be applied togetherfor the flexible timing adjustment described above. That is, if theterminal transmits the uplink data in the partial subframe 2 (2 s-08),the transmission may be performed as it is in the partial subframe 2 (2s-08) in the case of the timing indicator k=0, and the transmission maybe performed in the subframe j+29 in the case of the timing indicatork=1.

A method of measuring, by a terminal, channel status information (CSI)in the partial subframe will be described. The terminal measures the CSIindicating the downlink channel state from the CSI-reference signal(CSI-RS) transmitted from the base station and reports the CSI to thebase station to support the scheduling operation of the base station.The CSI-RS is mapped to a predetermined promised pattern at a definedlocation, and the accuracy of terminal CSI measurement depends on themapping of the CSI-RS in the partial subframe. Hereinafter, it will bedescribed with reference to FIGS. 2T and 2U.

The example of FIG. 2T illustrates that the subframe n (2 t-01) is apartial subframe and a part of an interval 2 t-04 of the subframe andthe subframe (n+1) 2 t-05 are included in a measurement 2 t-02. In thecase of FIG. 2T, it is illustrated that the mapping in the partialsubframe 2 t-01 of the CSI-RS 2 t-03 does not overlap with themeasurement gap 2 t-02. Therefore, the terminal can receive the CSI-RSwithout loss and can maintain the reliability of the CSI measurement.That is, if the mapping of the CSI-RS to be measured by the terminaldoes not overlap with the measurement gap of the partial subframe, theterminal determines that the partial subframe is valid for CSImeasurement and performs CSI measurement in the partial subframe. In thecase of FIG. 2U, it is illustrated that the mapping in a partialsubframe 2 u-01 of the CSI-RS 2 u-03 does not overlap with themeasurement gap 2 u-02. FIG. 2U also shows an interval 2 u-04 and asubframe n+1 2 u-05. Accordingly, the terminal determines that thepartial subframe is invalid for CSI measurement and does not perform theCSI measurement in the partial subframe.

FIG. 2V illustrates a diagram of a procedure of measuring, by aterminal, CSI according to the above-mentioned method. In step 2 v-01,the terminal acquires CSI configuration information and measurement gapconfiguration information from the base station through signaling. TheCSI configuration information includes control information on the CSImeasurement of the terminal, such as the mapping pattern of the CSI-RS,the transmission period, and the transmission time. The measurement gapconfiguration information includes the measurement gap related controlinformation such as the length, period, and time of the measurement gap.In step 2 v-02, the terminal determines the CSI measurement time. Theterminal can determine the CSI measurement time point by referring tothe CSI configuration information acquired in step 2 v-01 and the CSIreporting command additionally indicated by the base station. In step 2v-03, the terminal determines whether the subframe n in which the CSI ismeasured is a partial subframe, and thus if the subframe is not apartial subframe, the terminal proceeds to step 2 v-04 to perform theCSI measurement in the subframe n. If it is a partial subframe as aresult of the determination in step 2 v-03, the terminal determines instep 2 v-05 whether the CSI-RS overlaps with the measurement gap. If theCSI-RS does not overlap the measurement gap, the terminal proceeds tostep 2 v-04 to perform the CSI measurement in the subframe n. If theCSI-RS overlaps with the measurement gap as a result of thedetermination in step 2 v-05, the terminal proceeds to step 2 v-06 anddoes not perform the CSI measurement in the subframe n. That is, theterminal does not transmit the CSI feedback to the base station becausethe CSI measurement is not performed in the subframe n, and the basestation does not receive the CSI feedback from the terminal.

The base station can notify the terminal whether the CSI is measured inthe partial subframe through signaling.

FIG. 2W illustrates a diagram of a terminal transceiver according to thepresent disclosure. For convenience of explanation, the illustration anddescription of the apparatus that is not directly related to the presentdisclosure will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 2W, the terminal includes a transmitter 2 w-04including an uplink transmission processing block 2 w-01, a multiplexer2 w-02, a transmission RF block 2 w-03, a receiver 2 w-08 including adownlink reception processing block 2 w-05, a demultiplexer 2 w-06, anda reception RF block 2 w-07, and a controller 2 w-09. The controller 2w-09 determines how to apply, by the terminal, the measurement gap fromthe measurement gap control information acquired by the base stationsignaling, how to apply the partial subframe, and the like to controleach configuration block of the receiver 2 w-08 for receiving thedownlink signal of the terminal and each configuration block of thetransmitter 2 w-04 for uplink signal transmission.

The uplink transmission processing block 2 w-01 in the transmitter 2w-04 of the terminal performs the processes such as the channel codingand the modulation to generate the signal to be transmitted. The signalgenerated from the uplink transmission processing block 2 w-01 ismultiplexed with other uplink signals by the multiplexer 2 w-02,processed by the transmission RF block 2 w-03, and then transmitted tothe base station.

The receiver 2 w-08 of the terminal demultiplexes the signal receivedfrom the base station and distributes the signal into each of thedownlink reception processing blocks. The downlink reception processingblock 2 w-05 performs processes such as demodulation and channeldecoding on the downlink signal of the base station to obtain controlinformation or data transmitted by the base station. The terminalreceiver 2 w-08 applies the output result of the downlink receptionprocessing block to the controller 2 w-09 to support the operation ofthe controller 2 w-09.

The embodiments of the present disclosure disclosed in the presentspecification and the accompanying drawings have been provided asspecific examples in order to assist in understanding the presentdisclosure and do not limit the scope of the present disclosure. Thatis, it is obvious to those skilled in the art to which the presentdisclosure pertains that other change examples based on the technicalidea of the present disclosure may be made without departing from thescope of the present disclosure. Further, embodiments may be combinedand operated as needed.

A wireless communication system has been developed from a wirelesscommunication system providing a voice centered service in the earlystage toward broadband wireless communication systems providinghigh-speed, high-quality packet data services, like communicationstandards of high speed packet access (HSPA), long term evolution (LTEor evolved universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA)), LTE-advanced(LTE-A), and LTE-Pro of the 3GPP, high rate packet data (HRPD) and ultramobile broadband (UMB) of 3GPP2, IEEE 802.16e or the like.

As a representative example of the broadband wireless communicationsystem, the LTE system has adopted an orthogonal frequency divisionmultiplexing (OFDM) scheme in a downlink (DL) and has adopted a singlecarrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) scheme in an uplink(UL). The uplink refers to a radio link through which a user equipment(UE) or a mobile station (MS) transmits data or a control signal to abase station (eNodeB or base station (BS)) and the down link refers to aradio link through which a base station transmits data or a controlsignal to a terminal. The multiple access scheme as described abovenormally allocates and operates time-frequency resources including dataor control information to be transmitted to each other to prevent thetime-frequency resources from overlapping with each other, that is,establish orthogonality, thereby dividing the data or the controlinformation of each user.

As a future communication system since the LTE, that is, a 5Gcommunication system has to be able to freely reflect variousrequirements such as a user and a service provider, a service satisfyingvarious requirements needs to be supported at the same time. Theservices considered for the 5G communication system include enhancedmobile broadband (hereinafter, eMBB), massive machine type communication(hereinafter, mMTC), ultra reliability low latency communication(hereinafter, URLLC), etc.

The eMBB aims to provide a higher data transfer rate than a data ratesupported by the existing LTE, LTE-A, or LTE-Pro. For example, in the 5Gcommunication system, the eMBB may be able to provide a peaktransmission rate of 20 Gbps in the downlink and a peak data rate of 10Gbps in the uplink from the viewpoint of one base station. In addition,the 5G communication system may provide the increased user perceiveddata rate of the terminal simultaneously with providing the peak datarate. In order to satisfy such the requirement, improvement of varioustransmitting and receiving technologies including a further improvedmulti input multi output (MIMO) transmission technology is demanded. Inaddition, signals are transmitted using the transmission bandwidth of upto 20 MHz in the 2 GHz band used by the current LTE, but the 5Gcommunication system uses a bandwidth wider than 20 MHz in the frequencyband of 3 to 6 GHz or more than 6 GHz, thereby satisfying the datatransmission rate used in the 5G communication system.

At the same time, the mMTC is being considered to support applicationservices such as Internet of Thing (IoT) in the 5G communication system.The mMTC is used for an access support of a large-scale terminal in acell, coverage enhancement of a terminal, improved battery time, andcost reduction of a terminal in order to efficiently provide theInternet of things. The Internet of things needs to be able to support alarge number of terminals (e.g., 1,000,000 terminals/km²) in a cellbecause it is attached to various sensors and various devices to providecommunication functions. In addition, the terminal supporting the mMTCare more likely to be located in shaded areas not covered by a cell,such as a underground of building due to nature of services, thus theterminal requires a wider coverage than other services provided by the5G communication system. The terminals that support the mMTC may beconfigured as inexpensive terminals and require very long battery lifetime, such as 10 to 15 years, because it is difficult to frequentlyreplace the battery of the terminal.

Finally, in the case of the URLLC, it is a cellular-based wirelesscommunication service used for mission-critical purposes. For example,services used for a remote control for a robot or machinery, industrialautomation, unmanaged aerial vehicle, remote health care, emergencysituation, or the like may be considered. Therefore, the communicationprovided by the URLLC may provide very low latency and very highreliability. For example, a service that supports URLLC may meet airinterface latency of less than 0.5 milliseconds and at the same timehave requirements of a packet error rate less than 10⁻⁵. Therefore, forthe service that supports the URLLC, the 5G system may provide atransmit time interval (TTI) smaller than other services, and at thesame time, design matters for allocating a wide resource in thefrequency band in order to secure the reliability of the communicationlink are used.

FIG. 3A illustrates a diagram of an example in which three services ofthe 5G, i.e., eMBB 3 a-01, URLLC 3 a-02, and mMTC 3 a-03 are multiplexedand transmitted in one system. According to the example illustrated inFIG. 3A, in the 5G communication system, differenttransmission/reception techniques and transmission/reception parameterscan be used between services in order to satisfy different requirementsof the respective services.

Hereinafter, the frame structure of the LTE and LTE-A systems will bedescribed in more detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3B illustrates a diagram of a basic structure of a time-frequencydomain that is a radio resource region in which data or a controlchannel is transmitted in a downlink, in the LTE system.

In FIG. 3B, a horizontal axis represents a time domain and a verticalaxis represents a frequency domain. A minimum transmission unit in thetime domain is an OFDM symbol, in which one slot 3 b-06 is configured bycollecting N_(symb) OFDM symbols 3 b-02 and one subframe 3 b-05 isconfigured by collecting two slots. Further, a radio frame 3 b-14 is atime domain unit which includes 10 subframes. A minimum transmissionunit in the frequency domain is a subcarrier, in which the whole systemtransmission bandwidth includes a total of N_(BW) subcarriers 3 b-04.

A basic unit of resources in the time-frequency domain is a resourceelement (RE) 3 b-12 and may be represented by an OFDM symbol index and asubcarrier index. A resource block (RB) (or a physical resource block(PRB)) 3 b-08 is defined by the N_(symb) continued OFDM symbols 3 b-02in the time domain and N_(RB) continued subcarriers 3 b-10 in thefrequency domain. Therefore, one RB 3 b-08 includes N_(symb)×N_(RB) REs3 b-12. Generally, a minimum transmission unit of the data is the RBunit. In the LTE system, generally, N_(symb)=7 and N_(RB)=12 and N_(BW)and N_(RB) are proportional to the system transmission bandwidth.

The frame structure of the LTE and LTE-A systems as described above isdesigned considering normal voice/data communications, and haslimitations in scalability to meet various services and requirementslike the 5G system. Therefore, in 5G system, it is necessary to flexiblydefine and operate frame structure considering various services andrequirements. For example, each service may have different subcarrierspacings depending on the requirements. Currently, two schemes areconsidered to support a plurality of subcarriers in the 5G communicationsystem. As a first method for supporting a plurality of subcarriers inthe 5G communication system, a set of subcarrier spacings that the 5Gcommunication system can have may be determined using the followingEquation 1.

Δf=f ₀ ·M  Equation 1

In the above Equation 1, f₀ represents a basic subcarrier spacing of thesystem and M represents a scaling factor. For example, if f₀ is 15 kHz,the set of subcarrier spacings that the 5G communication system can havemay include 7.5 kHz, 15 kHz, 30 kHz, 45 kHz, 60 kHz, 75 kHz, etc., andthe system may be configured using all or some of the corresponding set.

In addition, as a two method for supporting a plurality of subcarriersin the 5G communication system, a set of subcarrier spacings which maybe included in the 5G communication system may be determined using thefollowing Equation 2.

Δf=f ₀·2^(m)  Equation 2

In the above Equation 2, f₀ represents a basic subcarrier spacing of thesystem and M represents a scaling factor of integer. For example, if f₀is 15 kHz, a set of subcarrier spacings that the 5G communication systemcan have may include 7.5 kHz, 15 kHz, 30 kHz, 60 kHz, 120 kHz, and thelike. The system can be configured using all or some of the set as inEquation (1). According to the two methods described above, the presentdisclosure will be described on the assumption that f₀ is 15 kHz and aset of 15 kHz, 30 kHz, and 60 kHz subcarrier spacing is used in the 5Gcommunication system. However, the technique proposed in the presentdisclosure can apply even another set of subcarrier spacings (forexample, f₀ is 17.5 kHz, and a set of subcarrier spacings is 17.5 kHz,35 kHz, and 70 kHz) without any limitation. If the set of subcarrierspacings of 17.5 kHz, 35 kHz, and 70 kHz is considered in the presentdisclosure, f₀ can be mapped to the technique described based on 15 kHz.Likewise, the present disclosure may be described by mapping 35 kHz, 70kHz, and 140 kHz to 30 kHz, 60 kHz, and 120 kHz, respectively, on aone-to-one basis.

FIG. 3C illustrates a diagram of a resource element 3 c-00 in the casewhere the subcarrier spacings are Δf₁ (3 c-01), Δf₂ (3 c-02), and Δf₃ (3c-03), respectively. In the example of FIG. 3C, the subcarrier spacingsof the respective resource elements, i.e., values of Δf₁ (3 c-01), Δf₂(3 c-02), and Δf₃ (3 c-03) correspond to 15 kHz, 30 kHz, and 60 kHz,respectively. In addition, each resource element has an OFDM symbollength of Ts (3 c-04), Ts' (3 c-05), Ts″ (3 c-06). As the characteristicof the OFDM symbol, since the subcarrier spacing and the length of theOFDM symbol have a reciprocal relationship with each other, it can beseen that the larger the subcarrier spacing, the shorter the symbollength. Therefore, Ts (3 c-04) is two times Ts' (3 c-05) and four timesTs″ (3 c-06).

Various sets of subcarrier spacings described above can be used forvarious purposes within a system. For example, it may be appropriate touse the subcarrier spacing in consideration of channel conditions(multi-path delay spread) or coherence bandwidth of a corresponding bandat a low carrier frequency such as 2 GHz to 4 GHz band. For example, itis advantageous to use low subcarrier spacing because the path delayspread is relatively large and therefore the coherence bandwidth issmall at the carrier frequencies of the 2 GHz to 4 GHz band. At the sametime, in a band having a high carrier frequency of 6 GHz or higher, itis advantageous to use wide subcarrier spacing because the influence dueto the channel condition, Doppler shift, and frequency offset is moreserious. At the same time, the 5G communication system can use highsubcarrier spacing of systems that have requirements of very lowtransmission delay time like the URLLC, even in the band using the lowcarrier frequency.

Hereinafter, a cell initial connection operation procedure of the LTEand LTE-A systems will be described in more detail with reference to thedrawings

FIG. 3D illustrates a diagram of a downlink physical layer channelstructure used in a cell initial connection step in the LTE.

In FIG. 3D, a primary synchronization signal (PSS) 3 d-01 and asecondary synchronization signal (SSS) 3 d-02 are physical layer signalstransmitted to acquire synchronization with a cell in a network.

In FIG. 3D, a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) 3 d-03 is a physicallayer channel to which a master information block (MIB) having a verylimited amount of system information is transmitted.

In FIG. 3D, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) 3 d-04 is aphysical layer channel to which a downlink shared channel (DL-SCH) whichis a transmission channel used for downlink data transmission and apaging channel (PCH) which is a transmission channel used fortransmission of paging information are transmitted.

In FIG. 3D, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) 3 d-05 is aphysical layer channel to which downlink control information istransmitted.

A cyclic redundancy check (CRC) is attached to a payload of a DCImessage transmitted to the PDCCH 3 d-05, and the CRC is scrambled with aradio network temporary identifier (RNTI) corresponding to identity ofthe terminal. Different RNTIs are used depending on the purpose of theDCI, e.g. UE-specific data transmission, power control command, orrandom access response. Soon, the RNTI is not explicitly transmitted butis transmitted by being included in the CRC computation process. Uponreceiving the DCI message transmitted onto the PDCCH, the terminalchecks the CRC using the allocated RNTI. If the confirmation result ofthe CRC is correct, the terminal can know that the message istransmitted to the terminal. Hereinafter, in describing the presentdisclosure, the case in which the DCI message with the CRC scrambledwith the RNTI is transmitted to a PDCCH is simply defined as “PDCCHconfigured as RNTI”

The LTE terminal may perform the following procedure prior tocommunicating with the network.

-   -   Acquire synchronization with cell in network    -   Receive and decode of system information

First, a synchronization acquisition procedure with a cell will bedescribed. In order to acquire synchronization with the cell, theterminal transmits two synchronization signals such as the primarysynchronization signal (PSS) 3 d-01 and the secondary synchronizationsignal (SSS) 3 d-02 in the LTE. The PSS 3 d-01 includes three differentZadoff-Chu (ZC) sequences according to the physical layer cell ID(Identity) of the cell. More specifically, three cell IDs in one cell IDgroup correspond to different PSSs 3 d-01. If the terminal detects andconfirms the PSS 3 d-01, the terminal acquires the information on 5 mstiming of the cell, the location of the SSS 3 d-02, and the cell ID inthe cell ID group. The SSS 3 d-02 has 168 different values correspondingto different cell ID groups. For this purpose, the SSS 3 d-02 isdesigned based on frequency interleaving of m-sequences X and Y of twolength 31. The terminal detects the SSS 3 d-02 to know frame timing andknow a cell ID group. As a result, the synchronization with the networkis acquired through the PSS 3 d-01 and the SSS 3 d-02, and one of 504physical layer cell IDs is acquired. It is known what the correspondingcell-specific reference signal (CRS) is based on the obtained physicallayer ID. At this time, in the case of the first cell search, that is,in the RRC_IDLE mode, the CRS is used to decode PBCH 3 d-03 for channelestimation and system information acquisition. On the other hand, incase of measurement for mobility, that is, in the case of RRC_CONNECTEDmode, the received power of the CRS is measured, and if the measuredvalue satisfies the set condition, an RSRP measurement report istransmitted to the network. Based on the measurement report, the networkdetermines whether or not to perform handover.

Next, the reception and decoding of the system information will bedescribed in detail at the cell initial connection step. As describedabove, in the RRC_IDLE mode in which a cell is selected or reselected,the cell system information may be acquired in order to access the cellafter acquiring synchronization with the cell through the cell searchprocedure. In the LTE, the system information is transmitted in two waysover two different transmission channels.

-   -   Master information block (MIB): transmission using PBCH 3 d-03    -   System information block (SIB): transmission using PDSCH 3 d-04

The MIB transmitted through the PBCH 3 d-03 includes the followinginformation.

-   -   Information on downlink cell bandwidth    -   Physical hybrid ARQ indicator channel (PHICH) configuration        information of the cell    -   System frame number (SFN)

The PBCH 3 d-03 is decoded using the CRS scrambled with the cell IDacquired through PSS 3 d-01/SSS 3 d-02 as described above. Unlike otherdownlink transmission channels, the PBCH 3 d-03 is not mapped on RBbasis and is transmitted through 72 subcarriers regardless of cellbandwidth.

The SIB transmitted through the PDSCH (3 d-05) are defined differentlyfrom SIBx (where x is a positive integer such as 1, 2, 3, . . . )depending on the type of information included. Herein, to simplify theexplanation, SIB1 and SIB2 related to the initial cell connection of thecell will be mainly described. The SIB1 mainly includes information onwhether or not the terminal may access the corresponding cell to use theservice and the scheduling information in the time domain for theremaining SIBx (x=2, 3, . . . ). Some of them are as follows

-   -   PLMN (Public Land Mobile Network)-Identity    -   trackingAreaCode    -   schedulingInfoList    -   si_Periodicity    -   si_WindowLength    -   systemlnfoValueTag    -   etc.

The PDSCH 3 d-04 to which the SIB1 is transmitted is transmitted in aperiod of 80 ms from a 0-th subframe in the time domain. Thefrequency-domain scheduling information on the PDSCH 3 d-04 to which theSIB1 is transmitted may be acquired from the downlink controlinformation (DCI) transmitted to a common search space (DCS) of thePDCCH 3 d-05 configured as the system information radio networktemporary identifier (SI-RNTI). On the other hand, the SIB2 includesinformation for the terminal to access the cell. This includes an uplinkcell bandwidth, random access parameters, paging parameters, parametersrelated to an uplink power control, and the like. Some of them are asfollows

-   -   ac-BarringInfor    -   radioResourceConfig    -   ra_SupervisionInfo    -   pcch_Config    -   prach_Config    -   uplinkPowerControl    -   etc.

The time-domain scheduling information of the PDSCH 3 d-04 to which theSIB2 is transmitted can be obtained through the above-mentioned SIB1.Like the SIB1, the frequency-domain scheduling information on the PDSCH3 d-04 to which the SIB2 is transmitted can be acquired from the DCItransmitted to the common search space of the PDCCH 3 d-05 configured asthe SI-RNTI.

In the LTE, the terminal may acquire the synchronization information andthe system information with the network in the initial connection stepof a cell and then form a radio link with the network through the randomaccess process. The random access may use either a contention-basedscheme or a contention-free scheme. When the cell selection andre-selection are performed in the initial connection step of the cell,the contention-based random access scheme may be used for purpose suchas movement from an RRC_IDLE state to an RRC_CONNECTED state. Thecontention-free random access can be used for re-establishing of theuplink synchronization in the case of arrival of the downlink data,handover, or position measurement.

FIG. 3E illustrates a diagram of a contention-based random accessprocedure in the LTE. Referring to FIG. 3E, the random access processincludes four steps. A first step is a step (3 e-01) in which theterminal transmits a random access preamble so that the eNB can estimatethe transmission timing of the terminal. The random access preamble istransmitted through an uplink physical layer channel corresponding to aphysical random access channel (PRACH), and a detailed content thereofwill be described later. Through the step 3 e-01 of transmitting therandom access preamble, the base station recognizes that there is arandom access attempt and estimates a delay time between the terminaland the base station to adjust the uplink timing.

A second step is a step (3 e-02) of transmitting a random accessresponse (RAR) detected by the eNB to the terminal. The RAR istransmitted through the PDSCH (3 d-04) and includes the followingmessage.

-   -   Index of random access preamble sequence detected by network    -   Temporary cell radio network temporary identifier (TC-RNTI)    -   Uplink scheduling grant    -   Timing advance

The terminal that has transmitted the preamble observes the PDCCH forthe RAR within the set time window. The frequency-domain controlinformation on the PDSCH 3 d-04 to which the SIB2 is transmitted can beacquired from the DCI transmitted to the common search space of thePDCCH 3 d-05 configured as the random access radio network temporaryidentifier (RA-RATI). The terminal receiving the RAR adjusts its uplinktransmission timing and proceeds to the next step.

The third step is a step (3 e-03) in which the terminal transmits anL2/L3 message (or message 3) for an RRC connection request to the eNB.The terminal uses the uplink physical layer resource allocated in therandom access response in the second step (3 e-02) to transmit themessage, for example, the messages such as the identity of the terminaland the HARQ to the eNB. At this time, the message is transmittedthrough the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) which is the uplinkphysical channel configured as the TC-RNTI.

In a fourth step 3 e-04, the terminal receives a downlink message fromthe eNB for contention resolution and RRC connection setup. Thecontention resolution message is transmitted through the PDSCH 3 d-04and the scheduling information on the corresponding PDSCH 3 d-04 can beacquired from the DCI transmitted to the PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as theC-RNTI.

The first step 3 e-01 and the second step 3 e-02 are used in FIG. 3Ebecause the contention resolution is not used in the contentionfree-based random access procedure.

FIG. 3F illustrates a diagram of an uplink physical layer channel usedin a random access process in the LTE. As described above, in the firststep 3 e-01 of the random access process, the terminal can transmit therandom access preamble using a PRACH 3 f-01. The network can broadcastwhich time-frequency resource can be used for PRACH 3 f-01 to terminalsusing SIB2. Each cell has 64 available preamble sequences, which aredefined as two subsets and sequences of each subset are signaled as apart of the system information. When performing a random access attempt,the terminal randomly selects one sequence from either subset. Thetransmission of the L2/L3 message for the RRC connection request in thethird step (3 e-04) of the random access is performed using the PUSCH 3f-02.

As described above, in the existing LTE, messages in a cell initialconnection process are transmitted using transmission channels ofvarious physical layers. At this time, the physical layer transmissionchannel in the LTE is set as a parameter of common numerology. Thenumerology can refer to various physical parameters, such as subcarrierspacing, OFDM symbol length, and/or CP (Cyclic Prefix) length.Meanwhile, hereinafter, the subcarrier spacing will be mainly describedas an example of numerology, but the content of the subcarrier spacingmay be extended to other numerologies and applied. For example, an OFDMmodulated symbol set at the subcarrier spacing of 15 kHz is transmitted.However, since the 5G communication system supports various subcarriers,for example, various parameters for the subcarrier spacing, thenumerologies for the physical layer channel in which each information istransmitted in the initial connection step may be different from eachother. For example, the subcarrier spacings of the PBCH and the PDCCH orthe PDSCH may be different. Since the constraints may be differentdepending on the transmission purpose of each physical layer channel, amessage size, and broadcasting, each physical layer channel can be setat different subcarrier spacings and transmitted. Alternatively, thephysical layer channels having different subcarrier spacings may bemultiplexed with each other to support various services having differentrequirements of eMBB, URLLC, and mMTC. That is, each service may besupported through a physical layer channel set at a different subcarrierspacings. Therefore, additional base station and terminal operations areused to efficiently perform the initial connection in the 5G systemsupporting various subcarrier spacings.

FIG. 3G illustrates a diagram of a communication system to which thepresent disclosure is applied. FIG. 3G illustrates that a terminal 3g-01 supporting a set of different neighbors and a 5G cell 3 g-02transmits/receives data. FIG. 3G illustrates that the terminal 3 g-01supports a set of different numerologies (i.e., subcarrier spacings ofΔf₁, Δf₂, and Δf₃) and the base station 3 g-03 supports (3 g-04) a setof different numerologies (i.e., subcarrier spacing of Δf₁, Δf₂, andΔf₃). However, the present disclosure does not exclude the case in whichthe terminal 3 g-01 and the 5G base station 3 g-02 can support one or apart of subcarrier spacings as well as subcarrier spacing sets. Forexample, the terminal 3 g-01 may support Δf₁, or the base station 3 g-02may support Δf₂ and Δf₃. In the case of supporting one or a part of thesubcarrier spacing in the sets of subcarrier spacings, a service ispossible when the terminal 3 g-01 and the cell 3 g-02 support the samesubcarrier spacing. Therefore, in FIG. 3G, it is assumed that theterminal 3 g-01 and the cell 3 g-02 support at least one same subcarrierspacing.

Hereinafter, the present disclosure will be described in detail toefficiently cope with a situation in which different subcarrier spacingscan be used for the physical layer channel (FIGS. 3D and 3F) used foreach step of the cell initial connection described above.

First, the operation for detecting a sync signal according to thepresent disclosure will be described.

This is the state in which the terminal 3 g-01 and the cell 3 g-02 donot have any information in the synchronization acquisition step whichis the first step of the cell initial connection. Therefore, in the stepof acquiring the synchronization of the cell using the synchronizationsignal such as the PSS/SSS, the terminal 3 g-01 performs blind detectionon subcarrier spacings that the terminal 3 g-01 can use, therebydetecting the synchronization signal from the 5G cell 3 g-02.

Next, the operation of the PBCH decoding of the present disclosure willbe described.

It may be considered that the base station 3 g-02 uses the subcarrierspacing different from the subcarrier spacing used for thesynchronization signal transmission for the PBCH 3 d-03 to which the MIBis transmitted. In this case, it may be considered that the base station3 g-02 implicitly indicates the subcarrier spacing used for thetransmission of the PBCH 3 d-03 through the mapping between the sequenceof PSS/SSS and the subcarrier spacing. The base station 3 g-02 maps aspecific sequence of the synchronization signal to one of subcarrierspacings, and when the terminal 3 g-01 acquires synchronization in thecorresponding sequence, the information on the sequence of the receivedsynchronization signal can be utilized as information on the subcarrierspacing of the next transmitted PBCH. Alternatively, it may beconsidered that the base station 3 g-02 uses a subcarrier spacing equalto the subcarrier spacing used for the synchronization signaltransmission in the PBCH transmission. In this case, the terminal canperform the decoding on the PBCH under the assumption that thesubcarrier spacing itself for the synchronization signal acquiredthrough the blind detection is the subcarrier spacing of the PBCH 3d-03.

Next, the operation for the decoding of PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as theSI-RNTI of the present disclosure will be described.

As described above, the SIBx is transmitted through the PDSCH 3 d-04. Atthis time, the control information for decoding the PDSCH 3 d-04 can beobtained through the PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as the SI-RNTI. Thesubcarrier spacing of the PDCCH 3 d-04 configured as the SI-RNTI canalso use the subcarrier spacing different from those of thesynchronization signal 3 d-01 and 3 d-02 or the PBCH 3 d-03 and the basestation 3 g-02 may notify the information thereon through the MIB. Theterminal 3 g-01 can perform decoding on the PDCCH 3 d-05 based on thesubcarrier spacing information on the PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as theSI-RNTI acquired through the MIB. Alternatively, the base station 3 g-02may use the same subcarrier spacing used for the PBCH 3 d-03 in thetransmission of the PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as the SI-RNTI. In thiscase, the terminal 3 g-01 may perform the decoding under the assumptionthat the subcarrier spacing itself used for the decoding of the PBCH 3d-03 is the subcarrier spacing of PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as theSI-RNTI.

Next, the operation of the decoding of the PDSCH 3 d-04 in which theSIBx of the present disclosure is transmitted will be described.

The PDSCH 3 d-04 to which the SIBx is transmitted may be transmittedusing the subcarrier spacings different from those of thesynchronization signals 3 d-01 and 3 d-02, the PBCH, and the PDCCH 3d-05 configured as the SI-RNTI. In this case, SIB1 and SIBx (x=2, 3, . .. ) are described separately. As described above, the SIB1 contains thecarrier information of the cell for the initial connection and thescheduling information in the time domain for different SIBs. Therefore,the terminal obtains SIB1 earlier than other SIBx (x=2, 3, . . . ). Thebase station 3 g-02 can notify, through the MIB, information on thesubcarrier spacing of the PDSCH 3 d-04 to which the SIB1 is transmitted.However, since the PBCH 3 g-03 transmitting the MIB can be transmittedin a very narrow bandwidth, the transmission capacity may be limited.Therefore, it is also possible to consider a method of indicatinginformation on the subcarrier spacing of the PDSCH 3 d-04 in which theSIB1 is transmitted to the DCI acquired from the PDCCH 3 d-05 configuredas the SI-RNTI. The terminal 3 g-01 can perform decoding on the PDSCH 3d-04 for the SIB1 based on the information on the subcarrier spacingacquired through the MIB or the DCI

Next, the information on the subcarrier spacing of the PDSCH 3 d-04 fortransmission of the SIBx (x=2, 3, . . . ) may also be indicated via theMIB or the DCI. In addition, since the acquisition of the SIB1 precedesthe SIBx (x=2, 3, . . . ), it may be considered to indicate thesubcarrier spacing of SIBx (x=2, 3, . . . ) through the SIB1. On theother hand, the base station 3 g-02 can use the same subcarrier spacingused for the PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as the SI-RNTI in the transmissionof the PDSCH 3 d-04 for the SIBx transmission. In this case, theterminal 3 g-01 can perform decoding under the assumption that thesubcarrier spacing itself used for the decoding of the PDCCH 3 d-05 setin the SI-RNTI is the subcarrier spacing of the PDSCH 3 d-04 to whichthe SIBx is transmitted.

Next, the operation of the transmission of the PRACH 3 e-01 of thepresent disclosure will be described.

As described above, the terminal 3 g-01 acquires configurationinformation on the physical layer PRACH 3 e-01 that transmits the randomaccess preamble from the SIB2. Therefore, the base station 3 g-02 canadd the information on the subcarrier spacing to be used for thetransmission of the PRACH 3 e-01 to the SIB2 and instruct theinformation to the terminal 3 g-01. The terminal 3 g-01 itselfdetermines the subcarrier spacing of the PRACH 3 e-01 to transmit thePRACH 3 e-01 without the base station 3 g-02 transmitting an additionalindicator for the subcarrier spacing of the PRACH 3 e-01, therebyconsidering the implicit indication of the subcarrier spacing of thetransmission of the PRACH 3 e-01. Alternatively, by mapping a specificrandom access preamble sequence to a specific subcarrier spacing, thebase station 3 g-02 may implicitly acquire the information on thesubcarrier spacing used for PRACH 3 e-01 through the received randomaccess preamble sequence number or an aggregation number. Alternatively,the situation in which the PRACH 3 e-01 uses the same subcarrier spacingas the downlink physical layer transmission channel in the previous stepmay be considered. Here, the use of the same subcarrier spacing as thatof the downlink physical layer transmission channel in the previous stepmeans that the subcarrier spacing used for transmission of any one ofthe PBCH 3 d-03, the PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as in the SI-RNTI, and thePDSCH 3 d-04 to which the SIBx is transmitted is identically used foreven the PRACH 3 e-01.

Next, the operation for the decoding of PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as theRA-RNTI of the present disclosure will be described.

As described above, the RAR message is transmitted through the PDSCH 3d-04. At this time, the control information for decoding the PDSCH 3d-04 can be obtained through the PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as the RA-RNTI.The subcarrier spacing of the PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as the RA-RNTI mayuse the subcarrier spacing different from those of the synchronizationsignals 3 d-01 and 3 d-02 received in a previous step, PBCH 3 d-03,PDSCH 3 d-04 configured as the SI-RNTI, or the PDSCH 3 d-04. Therefore,the base station 3 g-02 can notify the information on the subcarrierspacing of the PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as the RA-RNTI through the MIB orthe SIBx (x=1, 2). The terminal 3 g-01 can perform decoding based on thesubcarrier spacing information on the PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as theacquired RA-RNTI. Alternatively, the base station 3 g-02 may use thesame subcarrier spacing of another downlink physical layer channel inthe transmission of the PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as the RA-RNTI. In thiscase, the terminal 3 g-01 may perform the decoding under the assumptionthat the subcarrier spacing itself of the downlink physical layerchannel decoded previously is the subcarrier spacing of PDCCH 3 d-05configured as the RA-RNTI. Here, the assumption of the same subcarrierspacing as that of the downlink physical layer transmission channeldecoded previously means that the subcarrier spacing used fortransmission of any one of the PBCH 3 d-03, the PDCCH 3 d-05 configuredas in the SI-RNTI, and the PDSCH 3 d-04 to which the SIBx is transmittedis identically used for even the PRACH 3 e-01 configured as the RA-RNTI.

Next, the operation of the decoding of the PDSCH 3 d-04 in which the RARof the present disclosure is transmitted will be described.

Even the PDSCH 3 d-04 to which the RAR is transmitted may be transmittedusing a subcarrier spacing different from that of another downlinkphysical layer transmission channel. Therefore, the base station 3 g-02can notify the information on the subcarrier spacing of the PDSCH 3 d-04to which the RAR is transmitted through the MIB or the SIBx (x=1, 2).Alternatively, it may be indicated through the DCI transmitted to thePDCCH 3 d-05 configured as the RA-RNTI. The terminal 3 g-01 can obtainthe RAR message by performing decoding based on the information on thesubcarrier spacing of the PDSCH 3 d-04 to which the acquired RAR istransmitted. Alternatively, the base station 3 g-02 may use the samesubcarrier spacing of another downlink physical layer channel in thetransmission of the PDCCH 3 d-05 to which the RAR is transmitted. Inthis case, the terminal 3 g-01 may perform the decoding under theassumption that the subcarrier spacing itself of the downlink physicallayer channel decoded previously is the subcarrier spacing of PDCCH 3d-04 to which the RAR is transmitted. Similarly, the assumption of thesame subcarrier spacing as that of the downlink physical layertransmission channel decoded previously means that the subcarrierspacing used for transmission of any one of the PBCH 3 d-03, the PDCCH 3d-05 configured as the SI-RNTI, and the PDSCH 3 d-04 to which the SIBxis transmitted, and the PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as the RA-RNTI isidentically used for even the PRACH 3 e-04 to which the RAR istransmitted.

Next, the operation of the transmission of the PUSCH 3 e-03 to which theL2/L3 message of the present disclosure is transmitted will bedescribed.

As described above, the control information on the transmission of thePUSCH 3 e-03 to which the L2/L3 message is transmitted can be acquiredfrom the RAR message transmitted from the base station 3 g-02.Therefore, the base station 3 g-02 can add the information on thesubcarrier spacing to be used for the PUSCH 3 e-03 to which the L2/L3message is transmitted to the RAR message and instruct the informationto the terminal 3 g-01. The terminal 3 g-01 can transmit the PUSCH 3e-03 to which the L2/L3 message is transmitted using the acquiredsubcarrier spacing. Alternatively, it may be considered to transmit thePUSCH 3 e-03 using the same subcarrier spacing as that of the downlinkphysical layer transmission channel or the uplink physical layertransmission channel previously used in the initial connectionprocedure. Here, the use of the same subcarrier spacing as thesubcarrier spacing of the downlink physical layer transmission channelor the uplink physical layer transmission channel used in the initialconnection procedure may mean that the subcarrier spacing used for anyone of the above-described PBCH 3 d-03, the PDCCH 3 d-05 configured asthe SI-RNTI the PDSCH 3 d-04 to which the SIBx is transmitted, the PRACH3 d-01, the PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as the RA-RNTI, and the PDSCH 3 d-04to which the RAR is transmitted is identically used for even thetransmission of the PUSCH 3 e-03 to which the L2/L3 message istransmitted.

Next, the operation for the decoding of PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as theC-RNTI of the present disclosure will be described.

The subcarrier spacing of PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as the C-RNTI may bedifferent from the subcarrier spacing of other physical layer channels.Since the TC-RNTI is promoted to the C-RNTI in the case of the terminalthat has succeeded in the random access process, the C-RNTI referred toherein may include a TC-RNTI. Since the PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as theSI-RNTI or the RA-RNTI is transmitted through the common search spacebut the C-RNTI can be transmitted through the common search space or theuser-specific search space, it can be transmitted in consideration ofthe UE-specific subcarrier spacing. At this time, since the C-RNTI is aUE-specific unique identifier allocated when the terminal successfullyperforms the random access, the UE-specific transmission, not the cellcommon transmission, can be performed in a subsequent step. Thesubcarrier spacing of the PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as the C-RNTI may beindicated through the MIB, SIBx, and RAR or may follow the subcarrierspacing of the downlink or uplink physical layer transmission channelthat was successfully transmitted and received previously. For example,the same subcarrier spacing as that of any one of the PDCCH 3 d-03, thePDCCH 3 d-05 configured as the SI-RNTI, the PDSCH 3 d-04 to which theSIBx is transmitted, the PRACH 3 d-01, the PDCCH 3 d-05 configured asthe RA-RNTI, the PDSCH 3 d-04 to which the RAR is transmitted, the PUSCH3 e-02 transmitting the L2/L3 message may be used for the transmissionof the PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as the C-RNTI.

Next, the operation of the decoding of the PDSCH 3 d-04 in which thecontention resolution of the present disclosure is transmitted will bedescribed.

The subcarrier spacing of the PDSCH 3 d-04 to which the contentionresolution message is transmitted may be different from the subcarrierspacing of other physical layer channels. The control information on thePDSCH 3 d-04 to which the contention resolution message is transmittedcan be obtained from the PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as the C-RNTI.Therefore, the base station 3 g-02 can include information on thesubcarrier spacing of the PDSCH 3 d-04 to which the contentionresolution message is transmitted in the DCI transmitted to the PDCCH 3d-05 configured as the C-RNTI. Alternatively, it is also conceivable todecode the PDSCH 3 d-04 using the same subcarrier spacing as that of thedownlink physical layer transmission channel or the uplink physicallayer transmission channel previously used. That is, the same subcarrierspacing as that of any one of the PBCH 3 d-03, the PDCCH 3 d-05configured as the SI-RNTI, the PDSCH 3 d-04 to which the SIBx istransmitted, the PRACH 3 d-01, the PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as theRA-RNTI, the PDSCH 3 d-04 to which the RAR is transmitted, the PUSCH 3e-02 transmitting the L2/L3 message, and the PDCCH 3 d-05 configured asthe C-RNTI may be used for even the transmission of the PDSCH 3 d-04 towhich the contention resolution message is transmitted.

FIGS. 3H and 3I illustrate diagrams of a procedure of a base station anda terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

First, the base station procedure of the present disclosure will bedescribed. In step 3 h-01 of FIG. 3H, the base station transmits theconfiguration information on the downlink or uplink physical layertransmission channel used in the cell initial connection step to theterminal. The configuration information on the physical layertransmission channel may be numerology defined as various systemparameters. In the above description, the subcarrier spacing used forOFDM modulation is described as an example. Of course, the descriptionof the subcarrier spacing may be applied to other system parameters. Themethod for transmitting the configuration information on the physicallayer transmission channel may be an implicit indication or anindication using MIB, SIBx, DCI or the like, which has been specificallydescribed above. The fact that the method for transmitting theconfiguration information on the physical layer transmission channel maybe different for each step of the cell initial connection procedure isdescribed in detail. In step 3 h-02, the base station transmits controlinformation and data using the physical layer channel settinginformation. Next, the terminal procedure of the present disclosure willbe described. In step 3 i-01 of FIG. 3I, the terminal receives thephysical layer channel configuration information from the base stationand performs decoding on the corresponding control information and datain step 3 i-02.

The paging operation procedure of the LTE and LTE-A systems will bedescribed below in detail.

FIG. 3J illustrates a diagram of a paging procedure in the LTE. Thepaging procedure can be used to notify when an incoming call to theterminal in the RRC_IDLE state is generated, to start the networkconnection to the terminals, or to notify the terminals in theRRC_CONNECTED state that the system information has changed. The pagingmay be controlled in the mobility management entity (MME) and the pagingmessage may be transmitted across a plurality of cells in the trackingarea (TA). According to FIG. 3J, the paging starts from an MME 3 j-03and is transmitted to a terminal 3 j-01 via an eNB 3 j-02. Morespecifically, the paging is started from the MME 3 j-03, transmitted (3j-04) to the eNB 3 j-02 by S1AP signaling, transmitted to the terminal 3j-01 by the RRC signaling, and then transmitted to the terminal 3 j-01through RRC signaling 3 j-06. At this time, the terminal 3 j-01 can knowwhether a paging message exists by observing the PDCCH 3 j-05 configuredas the P-RNTI.

The efficient paging procedure may be able to wake up for a little whilein a predetermined time interval in order to observe the paginginformation from the network, allowing the terminal 3 j-01 to be in idlewithout the terminal 3 j-01 performing the receiving operation for mostof the time. For this purpose, the LTE defines paging occasion (PO) anda paging frame (PF). The PO is defined as a subframe in which the PDCCHconfigured as the P-RNTI for receiving a paging message exists. The PFis defined as one radio frame including one or more POs. According toFIG. 3J, the terminal 3 j-01 can observe one PO per discontinuousreception (DRX) period 3 j-08. PF is given by the following Equation 3.

The efficient paging procedure may be able to wake up a predeterminedtime interval in order to observe the paging information from thenetwork, allowing the terminal 3 j-01 to rest without receivingoperation for most of the time. For this purpose, LTE defines PagingOccasion (PO) and Paging Frame (PF). The PO is defined as a subframe inwhich a PDCCH is set to a P-RNTI for receiving a paging message. A PF isdefined as a radio frame containing one or more POs. According to FIG.3J, the terminal 3 j-01 can observe one PO per DRX (DiscontinuousReception) period (3 j-08). PF is given by the following equation (3).

SFN mod T=(T div N)*(UE_ID mod N)  Equation 3

T: DRX cycle

nB: 4T, 2T, T, T/2, T/4, T/8, T/16, T/32, T/64, T/128, T/256

N: min(T,nB)

UE_ID: IMSI mod 1024, if P-RNTI is monitored on PDCCH

The T value corresponding to the DRX period can be set through higherlayer signaling. If there is no higher layer signaling for T, a defaultpaging cycle (defaultPagingCycle) indicated by SIB2 is set to be T. Inrare cases, the terminal may directly request a UE-specific DRX cycle,which is possible through an attach request or a tracking area update(TAU) request. In the above Equation 3, UE_ID is calculated from aninternational mobile subscriber identity (IMSI). The IMSI transmits anattach request message to the MME through the higher layer signaling(here, non-access stratum (NAS) signaling) in the initial connectionstep.

On the other hand, if the terminal is in the RRC_IDLE state, the LTEnetwork knows the location of the terminal in units of TA instead of thecell unit. When accessing the LTE network, the terminal receives atracking area identity (TAI) list from the MME. The terminal can freelymove within the cell in the TAI list without updating the MME. When anincoming call to the terminal occurs, the MME transmits the same pagingmessage to the cells in the TA currently set in the correspondingterminal, and each cell transmits the paging message to thecorresponding terminal. The terminal acquires the tracking area code(TAC) of the corresponding cell through the SIB1 when (re) selecting anycell and can confirm whether the corresponding cell matches a cell inits own TAI list from acquired TAC. If the TAC of the selected cell isan ID that is not in the TAI list, the terminal transmits a TAU messageto the MME. If the MME gives the TAU accept response (TAU Accept) to theterminal, the TAI list is given together, and thus the TAI list may beupdated in the terminal, matching the movement of the location of theterminal.

The physical layer transport channel for paging follows the downlinktransport channel structure of the above-described 3D. The contentionresolution message is transmitted through the PDSCH 3 d-04 and thescheduling information on the PDSCH 3 d-04 to which the paging messageis transmitted is transmitted through the DCI of the PDCCH 3 d-05configured as the P-RNTI. The terminal observes the PDCCH 3 d-05configured as the P-RNTI and can receive the corresponding pagingmessage if the paging message is found.

As described above, the paging procedure in the existing LTE ischaracterized in that a plurality of cells in the TA area transmit thesame paging message to a specific terminal. Also, each cell cannot knowwhether the corresponding terminal is camped on itself, and the terminalcan confirm the system information on the cell to which the terminal isconnected. The 5G communication system can support various parametersfor various subcarrier spacings, and thus different cells belonging tothe same TA can transmit a paging message through the physical layertransmission channel set at different subcarrier spacings. In otherwords, the terminal may not properly receive the paging message comingfrom different cells in the TA area depending on whether the terminalsupports the corresponding subcarrier spacing. Therefore, additionalbase station and terminal operations are used to efficiently perform thepaging procedure in the 5G system supporting various subcarrierspacings.

FIG. 3K illustrates a diagram of a communication system to which thepresent disclosure may be applied. FIG. 3K illustrates one terminal 3k-01, three 5G transmission reception points (TRPs), TRP1 3 k-02, TRP2 3k-03, TRP3 3 k-04, and one 5G MME 3 k-05. In FIG. 3k , the TRP1 3 k-02,the TRP2 3 k-03, and the TRP3 3 k-04 are present in the same TA area andthe terminal 3 k-01 may be allocated the information on the TA from theMME 3 k-05. Each terminal 3 k-01 and the TRPs 3 k-02, 3 k-03, and 3 k-04illustrate supporting (3 k-06) a set of subcarrier spacings of Δf₁, Δf₂,and Δf₃. The present disclosure does not exclude not the case in whichthe terminal 3 k-01 and the 5G TRPs 3 k-02, 3 k-03, and 3 k-04 supportsets of subcarrier spacings, but also the case in which one or some ofthe subcarrier spacings can be supported. For example, the terminal 3k-01 may support Δf₁, or the TRP1 3 k-02 may support Δf₁ and Δf₂, theTRP2 3 k-03 may support Δf₂ and Δf₃, and the TRP3 3 k-04 may support Δf₁and Δf₃. For the case in which one or some of the subcarrier spacingsamong the sets of subcarrier spacings, the terminal 3 k-01 and a serviceis possible when the 5G TRPs 3 k-2, 3 k-03, and 3 k-04 supports at leastone same subcarrier spacings.

First, the operation for the decoding of PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as theP-RNTI of the present disclosure will be described. The terminal (3k-01) in the RRC_IDLE state goes through a process of acquiringsynchronization with the cell and receiving system information when thecell is selected or reselected. The subcarrier spacing of the PDCCH 3d-05 configured as the P-RNTI may be different from those of thephysical layer transmission channels, i.e., that is, the synchronizationsignal, the PBCH, the PDCCH configured as SI-RNTI, which are received inthe cell selection process. Therefore, the base stations 3 k-02, 3 k-03,and 3 k-04 transmit the subcarrier spacing used for the PDCCH 3 d-05configured as the P-RNTI to the terminal 3 k-01 in the form of systeminformation (MIB or SIBx). However, as described above, each of the basestations 3 k-02, 3 k-03, and 3 k-04 in the TA cannot know whether or notthe terminal 3 k-01 has camped on itself and the terminal 3 k-01 cannotknow whether or not support the corresponding subcarrier spacing.Therefore, when transmitting the subcarrier spacing of the PDCCH 3 d-05configured as the P-RNTI to the system information, a process ofreselecting, by the terminal, the cell according to whether to supportthe received subcarrier spacing may be additionally requested. Forexample, assume that the TRP1 3 k-02, the TRP2 3 k-03, and the TRP3 3k-04 in FIG. 3K support the sets of subcarrier spacings of Δf₁, Δf₂, andΔf₃ and the terminal 3 k-01 supports the subcarrier spacing. It can beconsidered that the physical layer channel transmitting thesynchronization signal and the system information in the TRP1 3 k-02,the TRP2 3 k-03, and the TRP3 3 k-04 is transmitted at the subcarrierspacing Δf₁. In addition, assume that the subcarrier spacing of thePDCCH 3 d-05 configured as the P-RNTI uses Δf₁, Δf₂, and Δf₃ in the TRP13 k-02, the TRP2 3 k-03, and the TRP3 3 k-04. In this environment, theterminal 3 k-01 can camp-on on of the TRP1 3 k-02, the TRP2 3 k-03, andthe TRP3 3 k-04, thereby obtaining the system information. However, whenthe terminal camps on the TRP2 3 k-03, the terminal can determine thatit cannot receive the paging message through the system information. Inthis case, the terminal will be able to perform reselection with theTRP1 3 k-02 or the TRP3 3 k-04 which is another cell in the TA. At thesame time, the TRP2 3 k-03 can be excluded from its own TA bytransmitting a request message to the TAU by the MME. Thereafter, theterminal 3 k-01 can successfully receive the paging message based on thenewly updated TA

In another method of determining the subcarrier spacing of the PDCCH (3d-05) configured as P-RNTI, it may be considered that the terminal 3k-01 transmits capability information on whether to support itssubcarrier spacing to the MME 3 k-05. The terminal 3 k-01 can transmitcapability information on whether or not to support its own subcarrierspacing through the attach request message in the initial connectionstep to the MME 3 k-05, which may be made through an upper layersignaling (for example, NAS signaling). The MME 3 k-05 can transmit thecells (TRP1 3 k-02, TRP2 3 k-03, and TRP3 3 k-04) connected thereto ofthe capability of the subcarrier spacing of the terminal 3 k-01, andeach base station may select the subcarrier spacing of the PDCCH 3 d-05configured as the P-RNTI in consideration of this. Alternatively, thebase station may reconfigure the TA in consideration of the selection ofthe subcarrier spacing of the PDCCH 3 d-05 as the P-RNTI. For example,assume that the TRP1 3 k-02, the TRP2 3 k-03, and the TRP3 3 k-04 inFIG. 3K support the sets of subcarrier spacings of Δf₁, Δf₂, and Δf₃ andthe terminal 3 k-01 supports the subcarrier spacing. In addition, assumethat the subcarrier spacing of the PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as the P-RNTIuses Δf₁, Δf₂, and Δf₁ in TRP1 3 k-02, the TRP2 3 k-03, and the TRP3 3k-04. It is considered that the TA of the terminal 3 k-01 is initiallyconfigured as the TRP1 3 k-02, the TRP2 3 k-03, and the TRP3 3 k-04. TheMME 3 k-05 that has received the capability of the terminal 3 k-01 mayconfirm that the TRP2 3 k-03 uses Δf₂ at the subcarrier spacing of thePDCCH 3 d-05 configured as P-RNTI, exclude the TRP2 3 k-03 from the TA,and notify the terminal of the updated TA information. Thereafter, theterminal 3 k-01 can successfully receive the paging message based on thenewly updated TA

Next, the operation of the PBCH decoding of the present disclosure towhich the paging message is transmitted will be described. The controlinformation on the PDSCH 3 d-04 to which the paging message istransmitted can be obtained from the DCI of the PDCCH 3 d-05 configuredas the C-RNTI. Therefore, the base stations 3 k-02, 3 k-03, and 3 k-04can include information on the subcarrier spacing of the PDSCH 3 d-04 towhich the paging message is transmitted in the DCI transmitted to thePDCCH 3 d-05 configured as the P-RNTI. Alternatively, it can beconsidered that the PDSCH 3 d-04 is decoded using the same subcarrierspacing as that of the PDCCH 3 d-05 configured as the P-RNTI.

FIGS. 3L and 3M illustrate diagrams of a procedure of a base station anda terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

First, the base station procedure of the present disclosure will bedescribed. In step 3 l-01 of FIG. 3L, the base station transmitsinformation on numerology (e.g., subcarrier spacing, etc.) for thephysical layer channel used for paging to the system information (MIB orSIBx). In step 3 l-02, the base station can transmit the control anddata for paging. Next, the terminal procedure of the present disclosurewill be described. Next, the terminal procedure of the presentdisclosure will be described. In step 3 m-01 of FIG. 3M, the terminalacquires information on the physical layer numerology (e.g., subcarrierspacing, etc.) used for paging from the base station in the TA. In step3 m-02, the terminal determines whether to support the correspondingnumerology. If the terminal supports the corresponding numerology, thecontrol information and data reception for paging are completed usingthe numerology in step 3 m-05. On the other hand, if the correspondingnumerology is not supported, the cell reselection is performed in step 3m-03. In step 3 m-04, a TAU request message is transmitted to the MME

FIGS. 3N, 30, and 3P illustrate diagrams of a procedure of the MME, thebase station, and the terminal according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

First, the MME procedure of the present disclosure will be described. Instep 3 n-01 of FIG. 3N, the MME receives information on the supportablenumerology from the terminal. In step 3 n-02, the MME determines whetherthe base station in the TA supports the corresponding numerology forpaging transmission, and updates the TA by excluding the base stationfrom the TA if there is the base station not supported (step 3 n-03). Ifthe base station in the TA supports the numerology requested by theterminal in the paging transmission, the MME transmits the pagingmessage to the base station without performing the TA update (step 3n-04). Next, the base station procedure will be described. In step 3o-01 of FIG. 3O, the base station receives capability information on thein the numerology of the terminal from the MME. In steps 3 o-02, thebase station selects one or a part of the numerologies, which may besupported by the terminal, as numerology for transmitting the pagingmessage, and transmits the selected information to the terminal. Insteps 3 o-03, the base station transmits the control information anddata for paging using the set numerology. Next, the terminal procedureof the present disclosure will be described. In step 3 p-01 of FIG. 3P,the terminal obtains the information on the physical layer numerologyused for paging from the base station in the TA. In step 3 p-02, theterminal determines whether to support the corresponding numerology andthe terminal completes the reception of the control information and datafor paging using the corresponding numerology.

In order to perform the above-described embodiments of the presentdisclosure, a transmitter, a receiver, and a processor of the terminaland the base station are each illustrated in FIGS. 3Q and 3R. Thetransmitting and receiving method of a base station and a terminal forthe cell initial connection and paging in the 5G communication system isshown. To perform this, the transmitter, the receiver, and the processorof the base station and the terminal may each be operated according toaccording to the embodiments.

FIG. 3Q illustrates a block diagram detailing an internal structure of aterminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Asillustrated in FIG. 3Q, the terminal of the present disclosure mayinclude a terminal processor 3 q-01, a receiver 3 q-02, and atransmitter 3 q-03.

The terminal processor 3 q-01 may control a series process to operatethe terminal 1500 according to embodiments of the present disclosure asdescribed above. For example, the terminal operation can be controlleddifferently according to different numerologies according to embodimentsof the present disclosure, for example, configuration items for thesubcarrier spacing and the like. Also, the control signal and the datasignal can be transmitted/received according to the cell initialconnection and paging procedure of the present disclosure. The terminalreceiver 3 q-02 and the terminal transmitter 3 q-03 are collectivelyreferred to as a transceiver. The transceiver may transmit/receive asignal to/from the base station. The signal may include controlinformation and data. To this end, the transceiver may include an RFtransmitter that up-converts and amplifies a frequency of thetransmitted signal, an RF receiver that low-noise-amplifies the receivedsignal and down-converts the frequency, or the like. Further, thetransceiver may receive a signal through a radio channel and output thereceived signal to the terminal processor 3 q-01 and transmit the signaloutput from the terminal processor 3 q-01 through the radio channel.

FIG. 3R illustrates a block diagram of an internal structure of the basestation according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. Asillustrated in FIG. 3R, the base station of the present disclosure mayinclude a base station processor 3 r-01, a receiver 3 r-02, and atransmitter 3 r-03.

The base station processor 3 r-01 may control a series process tooperate the base station according to some embodiments of the presentdisclosure as described herein. For example, the base station operationcan be controlled differently according to different numerologies, forexample, configuration items for the subcarrier spacing and the like. Inaddition, according to the cell initial connection and paging procedureof the present disclosure, it is possible to perform scheduling foruplink/downlink control channels and data channels and indicateconfiguration information to the terminal.

The base station receiver 3 r-02 and the base station transmitter 3 r-03are collectively referred to as a transceiver. The transceiver maytransmit/receive a signal to/from the terminal. The signal may includecontrol information and data. To this end, the transceiver may includean RF transmitter that up-converts and amplifies a frequency of thetransmitted signal, an RF receiver that low-noise-amplifies the receivedsignal and down-converts the frequency, or the like. Further, thetransceiver may receive a signal through a radio channel and output thereceived signal to the base station processor 3 r-01 and transmit thesignal output from the base station processor 3 r-01 through the radiochannel.

Although the present disclosure has been described with an exemplaryembodiments, various changes and modifications may be suggested to oneskilled in the art. It is intended that the present disclosure encompasssuch changes and modifications as fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of a terminal in a wirelesscommunication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a basestation, a master information block (MIB) including information on afirst subcarrier spacing; and receiving, from the base station, a systeminformation block 1 (SIB1) based on the first subcarrier spacing.
 2. Themethod of claim 1, wherein the SIB1 includes information on a secondsubcarrier spacing and information on a third subcarrier spacing, andwherein the method further comprises transmitting, to the base station,a preamble of a random access procedure based on the second subcarrierspacing.
 3. The method of claim 2, further comprising receiving, fromthe base station, a random access response of the random accessprocedure based on the first subcarrier spacing.
 4. The method of claim3, further comprising: transmitting, to the base station, a physicaluplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission scheduled by the randomaccess response based on the third subcarrier spacing; and receiving,from the base station, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH)transmission including a contention resolution identity for of theterminal based on the first subcarrier spacing.
 5. The method of claim1, further comprising receiving, from the base station, a primarysynchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal(SSS) based on a fourth subcarrier spacing, wherein the MIB is receivedbased on the fourth subcarrier spacing.
 6. A method of a base station ina wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting, toa terminal, a master information block (MIB) including information on afirst subcarrier spacing; and transmitting, to the terminal, a systeminformation block 1 (SIB1) based on the first subcarrier spacing.
 7. Themethod of claim 6, wherein the SIB1 includes information on a secondsubcarrier spacing and information on a third subcarrier spacing, andwherein the method further comprises receiving, from the terminal, apreamble of a random access procedure based on the second subcarrierspacing.
 8. The method of claim 7, further comprising transmitting, tothe terminal, a random access response of the random access procedurebased on the first subcarrier spacing.
 9. The method of claim 8, furthercomprising: receiving, from the terminal, a physical uplink sharedchannel (PUSCH) transmission scheduled by the random access responsebased on the third subcarrier spacing; and transmitting, to theterminal, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmissionincluding a contention resolution identity for of the terminal based onthe first subcarrier spacing.
 10. The method of claim 6, furthercomprising transmitting, to the terminal, a primary synchronizationsignal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) based on afourth subcarrier spacing, wherein the MIB is transmitted based on thefourth subcarrier spacing.
 11. A terminal in a wireless communicationsystem, the terminal comprising: a transceiver configured to transmitand receive a signal; and a controller configured to: receive, from abase station, a master information block (MIB) including information ona first subcarrier spacing, and receive, from the base station, a systeminformation block 1 (SIB1) based on the first subcarrier spacing. 12.The terminal of claim 11, wherein the SIB1 includes information on asecond subcarrier spacing and information on a third subcarrier spacing,and wherein the controller is further configured to transmit, to thebase station, a preamble of a random access procedure based on thesecond subcarrier spacing.
 13. The terminal of claim 12, wherein thecontroller is further configured to receive, from the base station, arandom access response of the random access procedure based on the firstsubcarrier spacing.
 14. The terminal of claim 13, wherein the controlleris further configured to: transmit, to the base station, a physicaluplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission scheduled by the randomaccess response based on the third subcarrier spacing, and receive, fromthe base station, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH)transmission including a contention resolution identity for of theterminal based on the first subcarrier spacing.
 15. The terminal ofclaim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to receive, fromthe base station, a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondarysynchronization signal (SSS) based on a fourth subcarrier spacing,wherein the MIB is received based on the fourth subcarrier spacing. 16.A base station in a wireless communication system, the base stationcomprising: a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal;and a controller configured to: transmit, to a terminal, a masterinformation block (MIB) including information on a first subcarrierspacing, and transmit, to the terminal, a system information block 1(SIB1) based on the first subcarrier spacing.
 17. The base station ofclaim 16, wherein the SIB1 includes information on a second subcarrierspacing and information on a third subcarrier spacing, and wherein thecontroller is further configured to receive, from the terminal, apreamble of a random access procedure based on the second subcarrierspacing.
 18. The base station of claim 17, wherein the controller isfurther configured to transmit, to the terminal, a random accessresponse of the random access procedure based on the first subcarrierspacing.
 19. The base station of claim 18, wherein the controller isfurther configured to: receive, from the terminal, a physical uplinkshared channel (PUSCH) transmission scheduled by the random accessresponse based on the third subcarrier spacing, and transmit, to theterminal, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmissionincluding a contention resolution identity for of the terminal based onthe first subcarrier spacing.
 20. The base station of claim 16, whereinthe controller is further configured to transmit, to the terminal, aprimary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronizationsignal (SSS) based on a fourth subcarrier spacing, wherein the MIB istransmitted based on the fourth subcarrier spacing.